myrþrian
Old English edit
Etymology edit
Equivalent to myrþra (“murder, homicide”) + -ian. Compare the noun morþor.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
myrþrian
- (prose) to murder (according to the Oxford English Dictionary only attested in the compounded forms amyrþrian, formyrþrian, and ofmyrþrian, and the derived form myrðrung).[1]
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of myrþrian (weak class 2)
| infinitive | myrþrian | myrþrienne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
| first person singular | myrþriġe | myrþrode |
| second person singular | myrþrast | myrþrodest |
| third person singular | myrþraþ | myrþrode |
| plural | myrþriaþ | myrþrodon |
| subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
| singular | myrþriġe | myrþrode |
| plural | myrþriġen | myrþroden |
| imperative | ||
| singular | myrþra | |
| plural | myrþriaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| myrþriende | (ġe)myrþrod | |
Descendants edit
- Old English: amyrþrian
- Old English: formyrþrian
- Old English: ofmyrþrian
See also edit
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “myrþrian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- ^ "murder, v.", OED Online, 3rd edn (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021).