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Old English · verb

tiergan

Normalised tierġan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈti͜yr.jɑn/
[ˈti͜yrˠ.jɑn]
Syllables
ˈti͜yr · jɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
tarretarryexasperateexciteprovoke

Meaning

  1. to worry, exasperate

  2. to provoke, pain, irritate

  3. to excite

Conjugation

Conjugation of tiergan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular tierġetierġde
2nd singular tierġesttierġsttierġdest
3rd singular tierġeþtierġþtierġde
Plural tierġaþtierġdon
Subjunctive
Singular tierġetierġde
Plural tierġentierġden
Non-finite forms of tiergan
Form
Infinitive tierġan
Inflected infinitive tierġenne
Imperative singular tierġ
Imperative plural tierġaþ
Present participle tierġende
Past participle tierġedġetierġed

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *targijan, from Proto-Germanic *targijaną.

Descendants

tarre, tarry

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