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Old English · verb

wiergan

Normalised wierġan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈwi͜yr.jɑn/
[ˈwi͜yrˠ.jɑn]
Syllables
ˈwi͜yr · jɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
warrywary

Meaning

  1. to curse

  2. to do evil

Conjugation

Conjugation of wiergan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular wierġewierġde
2nd singular wierġestwierġstwierġdest
3rd singular wierġeþwierġþwierġde
Plural wierġaþwierġdon
Subjunctive
Singular wierġewierġde
Plural wierġenwierġden
Non-finite forms of wiergan
Form
Infinitive wierġan
Inflected infinitive wierġenne
Imperative singular wierġ
Imperative plural wierġaþ
Present participle wierġende
Past participle wierġedġewierġed

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wargijan, from Proto-Germanic *wargijaną.

Descendants

warry, wary

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