gecierran

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġeċeorran
• ġeċirran, ġeċyrran — Late West Saxon

Etymology

Equivalent to ġe- +‎ ċierran.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈt͡ʃi͜yr.rɑn/, [jeˈt͡ʃi͜yrˠ.rˠɑn]

Verb

ġeċierran (West Saxon)

1. (transitive) to turn back

   (a) to change the direction of

   (b) to repulse

   (c) to return, replace

   • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Purification of St. Mary"

     Seo eadige Maria, and Ioseph, ðæs cildes fostor-fæder, gecyrdon to þære byrig Nazareth mid þam cilde; "and þæt cild weox, and wæs gestrangod, and mid wisdome afylled, and Godes gifu wæs on him wunigende."

     The blessed Mary, and Joseph, the child's foster-father, returned to the city of Nazareth with the child; "and the child grew, and was strengthened, and filled with wisdom, and God's grace was dwelling within him."

2. to go to, visit
3. (kind or submissive) to turn or convert somebody to (+ tō) something or somebody
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Eugenia, Virgin"

     Þa æfter þrym gearum þæs þe heo gecyrred wæs...

     Then after three years since her conversion,...

4. (literal or figurative) to turn, come, or go from (+ of, fram)...to, around, upon (+ tō, ymb, on))

   tō mynstre ġeċyrran

   to go to monastery.

5. to turn to or from

   (a) to attempt to do, perform (+ tō)

   (b) to cease to do, desist from (+ fram)

6. to turn to (as for help); to assent to; to be favorable towards

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġeċierran (weak class 1)

infinitive	ġeċierran	ġeċierrenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġeċierre	ġeċierede
second person singular	ġeċierest	ġeċieredest
third person singular	ġeċiereþ	ġeċierede
plural	ġeċierraþ	ġeċieredon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġeċierre	ġeċierede
plural	ġeċierren	ġeċiereden
imperative
singular	ġeċiere
plural	ġeċierraþ
participle	present	past
	ġeċierrende	ġeċiered

Synonyms

• ċierran
• hweorfan
• wendan
• wrixlan

Derived terms

• aġēnġeċierran
• ġeċierring

Related terms

• ġeċierrednes

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠEĊYRRAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠEĊIRRAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠEĊERRAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[3], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.