hungren

Middle English

Alternative forms

• hingriæn, hingren, hengren, hungrin, hungryn, hungrun, hungere, hungre

Etymology

Inherited from Old English hyngran, hyngrian, from Proto-West Germanic *hungrijan, from Proto-Germanic *hungrijaną; equivalent to hunger +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). After the Early Middle English period, the vowel was modified to match hunger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhunɡrən/, [ˈhuŋɡrən]
• (Early ME) IPA^(key): /ˈhinɡrən/, /ˈhɛnɡrən/

Verb

hungren

1. To hunger; to be starving, hungry, or lacking nutrition.
2. To wish for or want; to yearn for something.

Conjugation

Conjugation of hungren (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) hungren, hungre
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	hungre	hungred
2nd-person singular	hungrest	hungredest
3rd-person singular	hungreth	hungred
subjunctive singular	hungre
imperative singular		—
plural1	hungren, hungre	hungreden, hungrede
imperative plural	hungreth, hungre	—
participles	hungrynge, hungrende	hungred, yhungred

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

Descendants

• English: hunger
• Scots: hunger

References

• “hungren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-18.