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Old English · verb

harian

Normalised hārian

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 2
IPA: /ˈxɑː.ri.ɑn/
[ˈhɑː.ri.ɑn]
Syllables: ˈxɑː · ri · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English: hoar hoary

Meaning

to hoar, have one's hair become hoary

Conjugation

Conjugation of harian
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	hāriġe	hārode
2nd singular	hārast	hārodest
3rd singular	hāraþ	hārode
Plural	hāriaþ	hārodon
Subjunctive
Singular	hāriġe	hārode
Plural	hāriġen	hāroden

Non-finite forms of harian
	Form
Infinitive	hārian
Inflected infinitive	hārienne
Imperative singular	hāra
Imperative plural	hāriaþ
Present participle	hāriende
Past participle	hārod ġehārod

All forms (15)

hāriġe
hārode
hārast
hārodest
hāraþ
hāriaþ
hārodon
hāriġen
hāroden
hārian
hārienne
hāra
hāriende
hārod
ġehārod

Etymology

By surface analysis, hār (“hoar”) + -ian (infinitive suffix)

Descendants

hoar

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