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Old English · verb

wærcan

Normalised wærċan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈwær.t͡ʃɑn/
[ˈwærˠ.t͡ʃɑn]
Syllables
ˈwær · t͡ʃɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
warchwark

Meaning

  1. to be in pain, hurt

Conjugation

Conjugation of wærcan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular wærċewærhte
2nd singular wærċestwærcstwærhtest
3rd singular wærċeþwærcþwærhte
Plural wærċaþwærhton
Subjunctive
Singular wærċewærhte
Plural wærċenwærhten
Non-finite forms of wærcan
Form
Infinitive wærċan
Inflected infinitive wærċenne
Imperative singular wærċ
Imperative plural wærċaþ
Present participle wærċende
Past participle wærhtġewærht

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *warkijan, from Proto-Germanic *warkijaną. By surface analysis, wærċ (“pain”) + -an (infinitive suffix).

Descendants

warch, wark

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