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Old English · verb

byrian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈbyr.jɑn/
[ˈbyrˠ.jɑn]
Syllables
ˈbyr · jɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
occur

Meaning

  1. to come up, occur

Conjugation

Conjugation of byrian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular byriebyrede
2nd singular byrestbyredest
3rd singular byreþbyrede
Plural byriaþbyredon
Subjunctive
Singular byriebyrede
Plural byrienbyreden
Non-finite forms of byrian
Form
Infinitive byrian
Inflected infinitive byrienne
Imperative singular byre
Imperative plural byriaþ
Present participle byriende
Past participle byredġebyred

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *burjan.

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