hreran
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Old English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *hrōʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hrōzijaną.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]hrēran
- to move
- to shake
- to stir
- 10th century, The Wanderer:
- Oft him ānhaga · āre gebīdeð,
Metudes miltse, · þēah þe hē mōdċeariġ
ġeond lagulāde · longe sċeolde
hrēran mid hondum · hrīmċealde sǣ,
wadan wræclāstas. · Wyrd bið ful ārǣd.- A loner oft waits a grace for himself,
Creator's mercy, even if he is sorrowful,
through a sea-way he should for long
stir the frost-cold sea with hands,
travel paths of exile. Fate is well stalwart.
- A loner oft waits a grace for himself,
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of hrēran (weak class 1)
infinitive | hrēran | hrērenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | hrēre | hrērde |
second person singular | hrērest, hrērst | hrērdest |
third person singular | hrēreþ, hrērþ | hrērde |
plural | hrēraþ | hrērdon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | hrēre | hrērde |
plural | hrēren | hrērden |
imperative | ||
singular | hrēr | |
plural | hrēraþ | |
participle | present | past |
hrērende | (ġe)hrēred |
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “HRĒRAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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