eldertongue

Old English · verb

fyran

Normalised fȳran

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈfyː.rɑn/
Syllables
ˈfyː · rɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
castrate

Meaning

  1. to castrate

Conjugation

Conjugation of fyran
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular fȳrefȳrde
2nd singular fȳrestfȳrstfȳrdest
3rd singular fȳreþfȳrþfȳrde
Plural fȳraþfȳrdon
Subjunctive
Singular fȳrefȳrde
Plural fȳrenfȳrden
Non-finite forms of fyran
Form
Infinitive fȳran
Inflected infinitive fȳrenne
Imperative singular fȳr
Imperative plural fȳraþ
Present participle fȳrende
Past participle fȳredġefȳred

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *p(i)eh₂w (“to beat, hit”), and cognate with Lithuanian pjáuti (“to cut, reap”), Latin paviō (“to beat, strike”).

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