cierran

Old English

Alternative forms

• ċerran — Anglian
• ċirran — West Saxon
• ċyrran — Late West Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kaʀʀjan, from Proto-Germanic *kazjaną, a variant of *kaizijaną, *kaizwijaną (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *goyswéye- (“to bend, turn”). Akin to Old Saxon kērian, Old High German chēran (“to turn”) (German kehren).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi͜yr.rɑn/, [ˈt͡ʃi͜yrˠ.rˠɑn]

Verb

ċierran (Early West Saxon)

1. (transitive) to turn; to make move
2. (intransitive) to turn

   (a) to change direction of motion

   (b) to come or go back; to return

   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     ⁊ hīe Bealdrēd þone cyning norþ ofer Temese ādrifon ⁊ Cantware him tō ċirdon...

     And they drove King Bealdred north over the Thames, and turned back to Kent...

   (c) to change belief or behavior

   (d) to turn to somebody with some intent

Conjugation

Conjugation of ċierran (weak class 1)

infinitive	ċierran	ċierrenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ċierre	ċierde
second person singular	ċierest	ċierdest
third person singular	ċiereþ	ċierde
plural	ċierraþ	ċierdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ċierre	ċierde
plural	ċierren	ċierden
imperative
singular	ċiere
plural	ċierraþ
participle	present	past
	ċierrende	(ġe)ċiered

Derived terms

• āċierran
• agēnġecyrran
• beċierran
• efenġeċierran
• eftċierran
• eftġeċierran
• forċierran
• framāċyrran
• framċierran
• framymbċierran
• ġēaġnċierran
• ġeċierran
• misċyrran
• ofāċierran
• ofċierran
• oferċierran
• onċierran
• onġēaġnċierran
• oþċyrran
• tōċyrran
• underċierran
• wiþerċierran
• ymbċierran

Related terms

• ċierr m
• ġeċierrednes f

Descendants

• Middle English: cherren, charren, charen
  • English: char, chore, ajar
  • Scots: char, chare

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĊYRRAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĊIRRAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĊERRAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[3], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθjeran/ [ˈθje.rãn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsjeran/ [ˈsje.rãn]
• Rhymes: -eran
• Syllabification: cie‧rran

Verb

cierran

1. third-person plural present indicative of cerrar