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Old English · noun

wiergen

Normalised wierġen

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/ˈwi͜yr.jen/
[ˈwi͜yrˠ.jen]
Syllables
ˈwi͜yr · jen (2 syllables)
Modern English
evil-doershe-wolfsinner

Meaning

  1. she-wolf

  2. evil-doer, sinner (female)

Declension

Declension of wiergen
SingularPlural
Nominative wierġenwierġennawierġenne
Accusative wierġennewierġennawierġenne
Genitive wierġennewierġenna
Dative wierġennewierġennum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wargini, from Proto-Germanic *warginī. Equivalent to wearg + -en.

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