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Old English · verb

hreran

Normalised hrēran

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈxreː.rɑn/
[ˈr̥eː.rɑn]
Syllables
ˈxreː · rɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
moverear

Meaning

  1. to move

  2. to shake

  3. to stir

    Metudes miltse, · þēah þe hē mōdċeariġ ġeond lagulāde · longe sċeolde hrēran mid hondum · hrīmċealde sǣ, wadan wræclāstas. · Wyrd bið ful ārǣd.

    A loner oft waits a grace for himself, Creator's mercy, even if he is sorrowful, through a sea-way he should for long stir the frost-cold sea with hands, travel paths of exile. Fate is well stalwart.

    Oft him ānhaga · āre gebīdeð,

Conjugation

Conjugation of hreran
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular hrērehrērde
2nd singular hrēresthrērsthrērdest
3rd singular hrēreþhrērþhrērde
Plural hrēraþhrērdon
Subjunctive
Singular hrērehrērde
Plural hrērenhrērden
Non-finite forms of hreran
Form
Infinitive hrēran
Inflected infinitive hrērenne
Imperative singular hrēr
Imperative plural hrēraþ
Present participle hrērende
Past participle hrēredġehrēred

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hrōʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hrōzijaną.

Descendants

rear

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