cierran

Old English

Alternative forms

ċerran – Anglian
ċirran, ċyrran – Late West Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to bend, turn”). Akin to Old Saxon kērian, Old High German chēran (“to turn”) (German kehren).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi͜yr.rɑn/, [ˈt͡ʃi͜yrˠ.rˠɑn]

Verb

ċierran (West Saxon)

(transitive) to turn; to make move
(intransitive) to turn
(a) to change direction of motion
(b) to come or go back; to return
(c) to change belief or behavior
(d) to turn to somebody with some intent

Conjugation

Conjugation of ċierran (weak class 1)

indicative mood	present tense	past tense
infinitive	ċierran	ċierrenne
first person singular	ċierre	ċierede
second person singular	ċierest	ċieredest
third person singular	ċiereþ	ċierede
plural	ċierraþ	ċieredon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ċierre	ċierede
plural	ċierren	ċiereden
imperative
singular	ċiere
plural	ċierraþ
participle	present	past
	ċierrende	(ġe)ċiered

Derived terms

āċierran
agēnġecyrran
beċierran
efenġeċierran
eftċierran
eftġeċierran
forċierran
framāċyrran
framċierran
framymbċierran
ġēaġnċierran
ġeċierran
misċyrran
ofāċierran
ofċierran
oferċierran
onċierran
onġēaġnċierran
oþċyrran
tōċyrran
underċierran
wiþerċierran
ymbċierran

Related terms

ċierr m
ġeċierrednes f

Descendants

English: char, chore, ajar

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ĊYRRAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ĊIRRAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ĊERRAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθjeran/ [ˈθje.rãn]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsjeran/ [ˈsje.rãn]
Rhymes: -eran
Syllabification: cie‧rran

Verb

cierran

third-person plural present indicative of cerrar