wyrgan

Old English

Alternative forms
  • ƿyrgan

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną, from *wargaz (“outlaw”) (Old English wearg), or from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, squeeze”). Cognate with Old Frisian wergia, Dutch wurgen, Old High German wurgen (German würgen).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwyrjɑn/, /ˈwyrɣɑn/

Verb

wyrgan

  1. to strangle, to throttle
  2. (clarification of this definition is needed) to worry

Conjugation
Conjugation of wyrġan (weak class 1)
infinitive wyrġan tō wyrġenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular wyrġe wyrġde
2nd-person singular wyrġest wyrġdest
3rd-person singular wyrġeþ wyrġde
plural wyrġaþ wyrġdon
subjunctive present past
singular wyrġe wyrġde
plural wyrġen wyrġden
imperative
singular wyrġ
plural wyrġaþ
participle present past
wyrġende wyrġed

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Middle English: werien, worien, wirwen, worowen
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