cierr

Old English

Alternative forms

• ċer, ċerr, ċier, ċir, ċirr, ċyr, ċyrr

Etymology

From cierran (“to turn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi͜yrr/, [t͡ʃi͜yrˠ]

Noun

ċierr m (Early West Saxon)

1. a turn; an interval of time
2. an occasion
3. business; an affair

Declension

Declension of cierr (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ċierr	ċierras
accusative	ċierr	ċierras
genitive	ċierres	ċierra
dative	ċierre	ċierrum

Synonyms

• bȳre m
• fæc n
• hwīl f
• sǣl m
• stund f
• tīd f
• tīma m

Derived terms

• edċierr
• frumċyrr
• oferċierr
• sǣċierr
• wiþerċierr
• ymbċierr
• ġēanċierr

 

References

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