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Old English · verb

tieran

Normalised tīeran

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

Meaning

  1. to tear or water (of eyes)

    Mē tīeraþ mīn ēagan.

    My eyes are watering.

    c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English

Conjugation

Conjugation of tieran
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular tīeretīerde
2nd singular tīeresttīersttīerdest
3rd singular tīereþtīerþtīerde
Plural tīeraþtīerdon
Subjunctive
Singular tīeretīerde
Plural tīerentīerden
Non-finite forms of tieran
Form
Infinitive tīeran
Inflected infinitive tīerenne
Imperative singular tīer
Imperative plural tīeraþ
Present participle tīerende
Past participle tīeredġetīered

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tahhrijan. Equivalent to tēar (“tear”) + -an.

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