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Old English · verb

wregan

Normalised wrēġan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈwreː.jɑn/
Syllables
ˈwreː · jɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
impeach

Meaning

  1. to accuse, impeach, blame

  2. to incite, stir up, excite

Conjugation

Conjugation of wregan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular wrēġewreġdewrehte
2nd singular wrēġestwrēġstwreġdestwrehtest
3rd singular wrēġeþwrēġþwreġdewrehte
Plural wrēġaþwreġdonwrehton
Subjunctive
Singular wrēġewreġdewrehte
Plural wrēġenwreġdenwrehten
Non-finite forms of wregan
Form
Infinitive wrēġan
Inflected infinitive wrēġenne
Imperative singular wrēġ
Imperative plural wrēġaþ
Present participle wrēġende
Past participle wreġdġewreġdwrehtġewreht

All forms (23)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wrōgijaną (“to tell, speak, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *were-, *wrē- (“to tell, speak”). Akin to Old Frisian wrēia (“to accuse”), Old Saxon wrōgian (“to accuse”), Dutch wroegen (“to accuse”), Old High German ruogen (“to accuse”) (German rügen (“to censure, reprimand”)), Old Norse rœgja (“to accuse”) (Swedish röja (“to betray”)), Gothic (wrōhjan, “to accuse”), Old English wrōht (“blame, accusation”). More at bewray, betray.

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