tiergan

Old English

Alternative forms

• terġan, tirġan, tiriġan, tirwian, tirian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *targijan, from Proto-Germanic *targijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈti͜yr.jɑn/, [ˈti͜yrˠ.jɑn]

Verb

tierġan

1. to worry, exasperate
2. to provoke, pain, irritate
3. to excite

Conjugation

Conjugation of tierġan (weak class 1)

infinitive	tierġan	tierġenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	tierġe	tierġde
second person singular	tierġest, tierġst	tierġdest
third person singular	tierġeþ, tierġþ	tierġde
plural	tierġaþ	tierġdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	tierġe	tierġde
plural	tierġen	tierġden
imperative
singular	tierġ
plural	tierġaþ
participle	present	past
	tierġende	(ġe)tierġed

Derived terms

• ġetierġan
• tierġing

Descendants

• Middle English: terien, tarien (through the Anglian variant)
  • English: tarre, tarry
  • Scots: tarie, tary, tarry