þweran

Old English

Alternative forms

• ðweran — edh spelling

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þweraną (“to stir”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθwe.rɑn/

Verb

þweran

1. to twirl
2. to stir

Conjugation

Conjugation of þweran (strong class 4)

infinitive	þweran	þwerenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	þwere	þwær
second person singular	þwirest, þwirst	þwǣre
third person singular	þwireþ, þwirþ	þwær
plural	þweraþ	þwǣron
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	þwere	þwǣre
plural	þweren	þwǣren
imperative
singular	þwer
plural	þweraþ
participle	present	past
	þwerende	(ġe)þworen

Derived terms

• āþweran
• ġeþweran

Related terms

• þwǣre f (“a tool for stirring or beating”)
• þwirel m (“a stick for whipping milk”)

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ÞWERAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN