See also: Styrian

Old English edit

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Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *sturjan.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈstyr.jɑn/, [ˈstyrˠ.jɑn]

Verb edit

styrian

  1. (transitive and intransitive) to move
    • Late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 7:21
      Wearþ þā fornumen eall flǣsċ þe ofer Eorðan styrede, manna and fugla, nīetena and crēopendra.
      All flesh was destroyed that moved on the Earth, of people and of birds, of livestock and of reptiles.
    • Early 11th century, Wulfstan, "Larspell"
      Iċ ġenam mīne hearpan and ongann mīne strenġas styrian.
      I took my harp and started to move the strings.

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  • Middle English: stiren