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Old English · verb

awyrgan

Normalised āwyrġan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ɑːˈwyr.jɑn/
[ɑːˈwyrˠ.jɑn]
Syllables
ɑː · ˈwyr · jɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
suffocatestrangle

Meaning

  1. to strangle, suffocate

  2. to corrupt, injure, curse

    Sē wōda ðā āwende āweġ his ċeaflas fram ðǣre hālgan handa, swilċe fram hātum īsene, and sē āwyrġeda gāst ġewāt of ðām men ūt ðurh his ġesċēapu, mid sċēandlīcum flēame.

    The madman then turned his cheeks away from the holy man's hands as if from hot iron, and the accursed spirit departed the man through his genitals with shameful flight.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Conjugation

Conjugation of awyrgan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular āwyrġeāwyrġde
2nd singular āwyrġestāwyrġstāwyrġdest
3rd singular āwyrġeþāwyrġþāwyrġde
Plural āwyrġaþāwyrġdon
Subjunctive
Singular āwyrġeāwyrġde
Plural āwyrġenāwyrġden
Non-finite forms of awyrgan
Form
Infinitive āwyrġan
Inflected infinitive āwyrġenne
Imperative singular āwyrġ
Imperative plural āwyrġaþ
Present participle āwyrġende
Past participle āwyrġed

All forms (16)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *uʀwurgijan, from Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną (“to strangle”). Cognate with German erwürgen. Equivalent to ā- + wyrġan.

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