cierran

Old English

Alternative forms

• ċerran — Anglian
• ċirran, ċyrran — Late West Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kaʀʀjan, from Proto-Germanic *kazjaną, a variant of *kaizijaną, *kaizwijaną (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *goyswéye- (“to bend, turn”). Akin to Old Saxon kērian, Old High German chēran (“to turn”) (German kehren).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi͜yr.rɑn/, [ˈt͡ʃi͜yrˠ.rˠɑn]

Verb

ċierran (West Saxon)

1. (transitive) to turn; to make move
2. (intransitive) to turn

   (a) to change direction of motion

   (b) to come or go back; to return

   (c) to change belief or behavior

   (d) to turn to somebody with some intent

Conjugation

Conjugation of ċierran (weak class 1)

infinitive	ċierran	ċierrenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ċierre	ċierede
second person singular	ċierest	ċieredest
third person singular	ċiereþ	ċierede
plural	ċierraþ	ċieredon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ċierre	ċierede
plural	ċierren	ċiereden
imperative
singular	ċiere
plural	ċierraþ
participle	present	past
	ċierrende	(ġe)ċiered

Derived terms

• agēnġecyrran
• beċierran
• efenġeċierran
• eftċierran
• eftġeċierran
• forċierran
• framymbċierran
• framāċyrran
• framċierran
• misċyrran
• oferċierran
• ofāċierran
• ofċierran
• onċierran
• onġēaġnċierran
• oþċyrran
• tōċyrran
• underċierran
• wiþerċierran
• ymbċierran
• āċierran
• ġeċierran
• ġēaġnċierran

 

Related terms

• ċierr m
• ġeċierrednes f

Descendants

• English: char, chore, ajar

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĊYRRAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĊIRRAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĊERRAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[3], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθjeran/ [ˈθje.rãn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsjeran/ [ˈsje.rãn]
• Rhymes: -eran
• Syllabification: cie‧rran

Verb

cierran

1. third-person plural present indicative of cerrar