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Old English · verb

sierwan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
Modern English
devise

Meaning

  1. to plot, devise (generally in a negative sense)

    Hē nolde meldian on his ġefēran þe mid him sieredon ymb þone cyning.

    He wouldn't inform on his companions, who conspired with him against the king.

    late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy

  2. to arm

Conjugation

Conjugation of sierwan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular sierwesierede
2nd singular sierestsieredest
3rd singular siereþsierede
Plural sierwaþsieredon
Subjunctive
Singular sierwesierede
Plural sierwensiereden
Non-finite forms of sierwan
Form
Infinitive sierwan
Inflected infinitive sierwenne
Imperative singular siere
Imperative plural sierwaþ
Present participle sierwende
Past participle sieredġesiered

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sarwijan, derived from the noun *saru (Old English searu).

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