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Old English · verb

hrieman

Normalised hrīeman

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈxri͜yː.mɑn/
[ˈr̥i͜yː.mɑn]
Syllables
ˈxri͜yː · mɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
bragyellscreamshout

Meaning

  1. to yell, shout, scream

    Sē lǣċe ċierfþ oþþe bærnþ, and sē untruma hrīemþ, þēah hwæðre ne miltsaþ hē þæs ōðres wānunge, for þon þe ġif sē lǣċe ġeswīcþ his cræftes, þonne losaþ sē forwunoda.

    The surgeon cuts or burns, and the patient screams, yet the surgeon doesn't give in to the patient's cries, because if he lets up from his task, the patient will die.

    late 10th c., Ælfric of Eynsham, "The Passion of St. Bartholomew the Apostle"
  2. to lament

  3. to boast, brag

Conjugation

Conjugation of hrieman
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular hrīemehrīemde
2nd singular hrīemesthrīemsthrīemdest
3rd singular hrīemeþhrīemþhrīemde
Plural hrīemaþhrīemdon
Subjunctive
Singular hrīemehrīemde
Plural hrīemenhrīemden
Non-finite forms of hrieman
Form
Infinitive hrīeman
Inflected infinitive hrīemenne
Imperative singular hrīem
Imperative plural hrīemaþ
Present participle hrīemende
Past participle hrīemedġehrīemed

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hraumijan, derived from *hraum, whence Old English hrēam.

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