wregan

Old English

Alternative forms
  • ƿrēġan

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wrōgijaną (“to tell, speak, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *were-, *wrē- (“to tell, speak”). Akin to Old Frisian wrēia (“to accuse”), Old Saxon wrōgian (“to accuse”), Dutch wroegen (“to accuse”), Old High German ruogen (“to accuse”) (German rügen (“to censure, reprimand”)), Old Norse rœgja (“to accuse”) (Swedish röja (“to betray”)), Gothic 𐍅𐍂𐍉𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wrōhjan, “to accuse”), Old English wrōht (“blame, accusation”). More at bewray, betray.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwreːjɑn/

Verb

wrēġan

  1. to accuse, impeach, blame
  2. to incite, stir up, excite

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
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