eldertongue

Old English · suffix

-erian

Part of speech
suffix
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/e.ri.ɑn/
Syllables
e · ri · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
frequentative-er

Meaning

  1. A frequentative suffix used to form verbs

    flotian (“to float”) + -erian → floterian (“to flutter”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -erian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular -eriġe-erode
2nd singular -erast-erodest
3rd singular -eraþ-erode
Plural -eriaþ-erodon
Subjunctive
Singular -eriġe-erode
Plural -eriġen-eroden
Non-finite forms of -erian
Form
Infinitive -erian
Inflected infinitive -erienne
Imperative singular -era
Imperative plural -eriaþ
Present participle -eriende
Past participle -erod

All forms (14)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *-urōn (frequentative suffix), from Proto-Germanic *-urōną. Cognate with Old High German -arōn.

Descendants

-er

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