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Old English · verb

ræran

Normalised rǣran

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 1
IPA: /ˈræː.rɑn/
Syllables: ˈræː · rɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: promote rouse raise create upright

Meaning

to raise, set upright, begin, create, rouse, promote

Conjugation

Conjugation of ræran
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	rǣre	rǣrde
2nd singular	rǣrest rǣrst	rǣrdest
3rd singular	rǣreþ rǣrþ	rǣrde
Plural	rǣraþ	rǣrdon
Subjunctive
Singular	rǣre	rǣrde
Plural	rǣren	rǣrden

Non-finite forms of ræran
	Form
Infinitive	rǣran
Inflected infinitive	rǣrenne
Imperative singular	rǣr
Imperative plural	rǣraþ
Present participle	rǣrende
Past participle	rǣred ġerǣred

All forms (17)

rǣre
rǣrde
rǣrest
rǣrst
rǣrdest
rǣreþ
rǣrþ
rǣraþ
rǣrdon
rǣren
rǣrden
rǣran
rǣrenne
rǣr
rǣrende
rǣred
ġerǣred

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *raiʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *raizijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (“to rise”).

Descendants

rear

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