gyrdan
Appearance
Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *gurdijaną.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]gyrdan
- to gird
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of gyrdan (weak class 1)
infinitive | gyrdan | gyrdenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | gyrde | gyrde |
second person singular | gyrdest, gyrst, gyrtst | gyrdest |
third person singular | gyrdeþ, gyrt | gyrde |
plural | gyrdaþ | gyrdon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | gyrde | gyrde |
plural | gyrden | gyrden |
imperative | ||
singular | gyrd | |
plural | gyrdaþ | |
participle | present | past |
gyrdende | (ġe)gyrded |
Derived terms
[edit]- begyrdan (“to clothe, begird, surround”)
- forgyrdan (“to girdle, enclose”)
- ġegyrdan (“to gird”)
- ungyrdan (“to ungird, take a girdle off”)
- ymbgyrdan (“to gird about, put a girdle about, surround”)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “gyrdan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Categories:
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʰerdʰ-
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English verbs
- Old English class 1 weak verbs