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Old English · verb

agrisan

Normalised āgrīsan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: strong class I
IPA: /ɑːˈɡriː.sɑn/
[ɑːˈɡriː.zɑn]
Syllables: ɑː · ˈɡriː · sɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English: agrise quake shudder

Meaning

to shudder, to feel horror, to dread, to quake

Conjugation

Conjugation of agrisan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	āgrīse	āgrās
2nd singular	āgrīst	āgrise
3rd singular	āgrīst	āgrās
Plural	āgrīsaþ	āgrison
Subjunctive
Singular	āgrīse	āgrise
Plural	āgrīsen	āgrisen

Non-finite forms of agrisan
	Form
Infinitive	āgrīsan
Inflected infinitive	āgrīsenne
Imperative singular	āgrīs
Imperative plural	āgrīsaþ
Present participle	āgrīsende
Past participle	āgrisen

All forms (12)

āgrīse
āgrās
āgrīst
āgrise
āgrīsaþ
āgrison
āgrīsen
āgrisen
āgrīsan
āgrīsenne
āgrīs
āgrīsende

Etymology

From ā- + grīsan, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaną, related to causative verb Old English grēosan and Old English gryre. Cognate with German grausen. More at grisly and gruesome.

Descendants

agrise

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