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Old English · verb

wreon

Normalised wrēon

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class I
IPA
/wre͜oːn/
Syllables
wre͜oːn (1 syllable)
Modern English
wry

Meaning

  1. to cover (up), put a cover over

    Hī habbað miċle hēafda ⁊ ēaran swā fann. Ōþer ēare hī him on niht underbredað, ⁊ mid ōðran hȳ wrēoð him. Beoð þa ēaran swīðe lēohte ⁊ him beoð ān līchoman swā hwīte swā meolc. ⁊ ġif hī hwylcne mann on þām landum ġesēoð oþðe onġytað, þonne nimað hī heora ēaran on hand ⁊ feorriað hī ⁊ flēoð, swā hrǣdlīċe swā is wēn þætte hī flēogen.

    They have great heads and ears like fans. They spread one ear under themselves at night, and cover themselves in the other. The ears are very light and their bodies are as white as milk. And if they see or perceive anyone in those lands, they take their ears in their hands and go far and flee, so quickly one might think that they flew.

    Wonders of the East
  2. to cover, act as covering for

Conjugation

Conjugation of wreon
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular wrēowrāhwrēah
2nd singular wrīehstwrigewruge
3rd singular wrīehþwrāhwrēah
Plural wrēoþwrigonwrugon
Subjunctive
Singular wrēowrigewruge
Plural wrēonwrigenwrugen
Non-finite forms of wreon
Form
Infinitive wrēon
Inflected infinitive wrēonne
Imperative singular wrēoh
Imperative plural wrēoþ
Present participle wrēonde
Past participle wriġenġewriġenwrogenġewrogen

All forms (20)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wrīan, *wrīhan.

Descendants

wry

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