Old English · verb
aræran
Normalised ārǣran
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- weak class 1
- IPA
- /ɑːˈræː.rɑn/
- Syllables
- ɑː · ˈræː · rɑn (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- lift
Meaning
-
to raise, lift up
ðā Drihten ārǣrde miċelne wind, and sē ġelǣhte ealne þone līġ, and ābǣr hine tō ðǣs cyninges botle, swā þæt him ne belǣfde nān þing unforburnen, and hē sylf earfoðlīċe þām fȳre ætbærst.
The Lord raised up a great wind, and it caught all the flame, and bore it to the king's dwelling, so that nothing unburnt to him remained, and he himself escaped from the fire with difficulty.
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church -
to establish
Sum forþþeġn wæs þā weliġ on þām lande, Florus ġehāten, and sē hæfde ġemynt mynster tō ārǣrenne and mid munecum ġesettan
There was a certain wealthy high-ranking noble in that land named Florus, and he had a mind to establish a monastery and settle monks in it.
late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
Conjugation
All forms (16)
Etymology
ā- + rǣran
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