biergan

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Old English

Alternative forms

• berġan — Anglian
• birġan, byrġan — Late West Saxon
• beorġan, berian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bargijan (“to try, taste”). Cognate with Old Norse bergja (“to taste”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi͜yr.jɑn/, [ˈbi͜yrˠ.jɑn]

Verb

bierġan (West Saxon)

1. to taste
2. to partake of

Conjugation

Conjugation of bierġan (weak class 1)

infinitive	bierġan	bierġenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	bierġe	bierġde
second person singular	bierġest, bierġst	bierġdest
third person singular	bierġeþ, bierġþ	bierġde
plural	bierġaþ	bierġdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	bierġe	bierġde
plural	bierġen	bierġden
imperative
singular	bierġ
plural	bierġaþ
participle	present	past
	bierġende	(ġe)bierġed

Derived terms

• onbierġan
• ābierġan
• ġebierġan

 

Descendants

• Middle English: büriȝen