tarien
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old French tariier, tarier.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edittarien
- to incite wrath, be vexatious
- to provoke, irritate, annoy
- to harass, trouble, vex
- to exhaust (sb.), tire out
- to provoke
Conjugation
editConjugation of tarien (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
edit- Yola: thar
References
edit- “tarī̆en, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.