sourden

Middle English

Alternative forms

• sourde

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French sourdre, from Latin surgō, contraction of earlier subrigō. Compare sours.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuːrdən/

Verb

sourden

1. To arise; to come into existence.
2. (rare) To acquire (anger).

Conjugation

Conjugation of sourden (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) sourden, sourde
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	sourde	sourded
2nd-person singular	sourdest	sourdedest
3rd-person singular	sourdeth	sourded
subjunctive singular	sourde
imperative singular		—
plural1	sourden, sourde	sourdeden, sourdede
imperative plural	sourdeth, sourde	—
participles	sourdynge, sourdende	sourded

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: sourd (obsolete)

References

• “sǒurden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.