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Old English · verb

biergan

Normalised bierġan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈbi͜yr.jɑn/
[ˈbi͜yrˠ.jɑn]
Syllables
ˈbi͜yr · jɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
partake

Meaning

  1. to taste

  2. to partake of

Conjugation

Conjugation of biergan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular bierġebierġde
2nd singular bierġestbierġstbierġdest
3rd singular bierġeþbierġþbierġde
Plural bierġaþbierġdon
Subjunctive
Singular bierġebierġde
Plural bierġenbierġden
Non-finite forms of biergan
Form
Infinitive bierġan
Inflected infinitive bierġenne
Imperative singular bierġ
Imperative plural bierġaþ
Present participle bierġende
Past participle bierġedġebierġed

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bargijan (“to try, taste”). Cognate with Old Norse bergja (“to taste”).

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