hungren
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old English hyngran, hyngrian, from Proto-West Germanic *hungrijan, from Proto-Germanic *hungrijaną; equivalent to hunger + -en (infinitival suffix). After the Early Middle English period, the vowel was modified to match hunger.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
hungren
- To hunger; to be starving, hungry, or lacking nutrition.
- To wish for or want; to yearn for something.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of hungren (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “hungren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-18.