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Old English · verb

ceorian

Normalised ċeorian

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 2
IPA: /ˈt͡ʃe͜o.ri.ɑn/
Syllables: ˈt͡ʃe͜o · ri · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English: chirr churr murmur complain jar

Meaning

to murmur; complain (with or without just cause)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ceorian
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	ċeoriġe	ċeorode
2nd singular	ċeorast	ċeorodest
3rd singular	ċeoraþ	ċeorode
Plural	ċeoriaþ	ċeorodon
Subjunctive
Singular	ċeoriġe	ċeorode
Plural	ċeoriġen	ċeoroden

Non-finite forms of ceorian
	Form
Infinitive	ċeorian
Inflected infinitive	ċeorienne
Imperative singular	ċeora
Imperative plural	ċeoriaþ
Present participle	ċeoriende
Past participle	ċeorod ġeċeorod

All forms (15)

ċeoriġe
ċeorode
ċeorast
ċeorodest
ċeoraþ
ċeoriaþ
ċeorodon
ċeoriġen
ċeoroden
ċeorian
ċeorienne
ċeora
ċeoriende
ċeorod
ġeċeorod

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *karēn (“to complain, grieve, mourn, care”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- (“voice, exclamation”). Cognate with Middle High German karn (“to mourn, groan, complain”).

Descendants

chirr, churr, jar

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