myrþrian

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to myrþra (“murder, homicide”) +‎ -ian. Compare the noun morþor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmyr.θri.ɑn/, [ˈmyrˠ.ðri.ɑn]

Verb

myrþrian

1. (prose) to murder (according to the Oxford English Dictionary only attested in the compounded forms amyrþrian, formyrþrian, and ofmyrþrian, and the derived form myrðrung).

Conjugation

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

• Old English: amyrþrian
• Old English: formyrþrian
• Old English: ofmyrþrian

See also

• morþor

References

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