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Old English · verb

derian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈder.jɑn/
[ˈderˠ.jɑn]
Syllables
ˈder · jɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
dearederedare

Meaning

  1. to hurt, injure (+ dative)

    "Gospel of Saint Luke", chapter 10, verse 19

    And now I gave you power to tread over adders and snakes and over each fiends' force. And no thing harms you.

Conjugation

Conjugation of derian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular deriederede
2nd singular derestderedest
3rd singular dereþderede
Plural deriaþderedon
Subjunctive
Singular deriederede
Plural deriendereden
Non-finite forms of derian
Form
Infinitive derian
Inflected infinitive derienne
Imperative singular dere
Imperative plural deriaþ
Present participle deriende
Past participle deredġedered

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *darjan.

Descendants

dare, deare, dere

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