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Old English · verb

wyrgan

Normalised wyrġan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈwyr.jɑn/
[ˈwyrˠ.jɑn]
Syllables
ˈwyr · jɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
strangleworry

wyrgan1 · verb

Senses

  1. to strangle

  2. to worry

Conjugation

Conjugation of wyrgan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular wyrġewyrġde
2nd singular wyrġestwyrġstwyrġdest
3rd singular wyrġeþwyrġþwyrġde
Plural wyrġaþwyrġdon
Subjunctive
Singular wyrġewyrġde
Plural wyrġenwyrġden
Non-finite forms of wyrgan
Form
Infinitive wyrġan
Inflected infinitive wyrġenne
Imperative singular wyrġ
Imperative plural wyrġaþ
Present participle wyrġende
Past participle wyrġedġewyrġed

wyrgan2 · verb · alternative form

Senses

  1. alternative form of wierġan (“to curse”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of wyrgan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular wyrġewyrġde
2nd singular wyrġestwyrġstwyrġdest
3rd singular wyrġeþwyrġþwyrġde
Plural wyrġaþwyrġdon
Subjunctive
Singular wyrġewyrġde
Plural wyrġenwyrġden
Non-finite forms of wyrgan
Form
Infinitive wyrġan
Inflected infinitive wyrġenne
Imperative singular wyrġ
Imperative plural wyrġaþ
Present participle wyrġende
Past participle wyrġedġewyrġed

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną, from *wargaz (“outlaw”) (Old English wearg), or from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, squeeze”). Cognate with Old Frisian wergia, Dutch wurgen, Old High German wurgen (German würgen).

Descendants

worry

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