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Old English · verb

pyran

Normalised pȳran

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

Meaning

  1. to look into, scrutinise

Conjugation

Conjugation of pyran
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular pȳrepȳrde
2nd singular pȳrestpȳrstpȳrdest
3rd singular pȳreþpȳrþpȳrde
Plural pȳraþpȳrdon
Subjunctive
Singular pȳrepȳrde
Plural pȳrenpȳrden
Non-finite forms of pyran
Form
Infinitive pȳran
Inflected infinitive pȳrenne
Imperative singular pȳr
Imperative plural pȳraþ
Present participle pȳrende
Past participle pȳredġepȳred

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *pūrijan (“to look, scrutinise”).

Descendants

peer, pire

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