Old English

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Etymology

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Equivalent to ġe- +‎ ċierran.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /jeˈt͡ʃi͜yr.rɑn/, [jeˈt͡ʃi͜yrˠ.rˠɑn]

Verb

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ġeċierran (West Saxon)

  1. (transitive) to turn back
    (a) to change the direction of
    (b) to repulse
    (c) to return, replace
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Purification of St. Mary"
      Seo eadige Maria, and Ioseph, ðæs cildes fostor-fæder, gecyrdon to þære byrig Nazareth mid þam cilde; "and þæt cild weox, and wæs gestrangod, and mid wisdome afylled, and Godes gifu wæs on him wunigende."
      The blessed Mary, and Joseph, the child's foster-father, returned to the city of Nazareth with the child; "and the child grew, and was strengthened, and filled with wisdom, and God's grace was dwelling within him."
  2. to go to, visit
  3. (kind or submissive) to turn or convert somebody to (+ tō) something or somebody
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Eugenia, Virgin"
      Þa æfter þrym gearum þæs þe heo gecyrred wæs...
      Then after three years since her conversion,...
  4. (literal or figurative) to turn, come, or go from (+ of, fram)...to, around, upon (+ tō, ymb, on))
    tō mynstre ġeċyrran
    to go to monastery.
  5. to turn to or from
    (a) to attempt to do, perform (+ tō)
    (b) to cease to do, desist from (+ fram)
  6. to turn to (as for help); to assent to; to be favorable towards

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