Old English · verb
timbran
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- weak class 1
- IPA
- /ˈtim.brɑn/
- Syllables
- ˈtim · brɑn (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- timberbuild
Meaning
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to build
Þǣr wæs timbred on Beles dagum þǣs cinges ⁊ Iobes templ of īsernum ġeweorcum ⁊ of ǣrenum ġeworht. ⁊ on þǣre ylcan stōwe is ēast þanon ēac ōðer templ sunnan hāliġ tō þām is sum ġeþungen ⁊ ġedēfe sacerd tō ġesett, ⁊ hē ðā hofa ġehealdeð ⁊ beġȳmeþ.
There was built in the days of king Belus a temple of Jove, made of iron and of brass. And in the same place to the east, there is another temple that is sacred to the sun, which a pious and gentle priest occupies; and he cares for and looks after the halls.
Wonders of the East
Conjugation
All forms (14)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *timrijaną, derived from *timrą (“timber”) (Old English timber) + *-janą. Cognate with Old Frisian timbra, Old Saxon timbrian, Old High German zimbaren, Gothic (timrjan).
Descendants
timber
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