hreran

Old English

Alternative forms

• hrœ̄ran

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hrōʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hrōzijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxreː.rɑn/, [ˈr̥eː.rɑn]

Verb

hrēran

1. to move
2. to shake
3. to stir

Conjugation

Conjugation of hrēran (weak class 1)

infinitive	hrēran	hrērenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	hrēre	hrērde
second person singular	hrērest, hrērst	hrērdest
third person singular	hrēreþ, hrērþ	hrērde
plural	hrēraþ	hrērdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	hrēre	hrērde
plural	hrēren	hrērden
imperative
singular	hrēr
plural	hrēraþ
participle	present	past
	hrērende	(ġe)hrēred

Derived terms

• onhrēran
• tōhrēran
• āhrēran
• ġehrēran

 

Related terms

• hrēr
• hrēre
• hrēremūs
• hrērenbrǣden
• hrērednes f
• hrērnes f
• hrōr

Descendants

• Middle English: rēren; (rōrien)
  • English: rear (“to move; stir”)

References

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