hreran

Old English

Alternative forms

• hrœ̄ran — Anglian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxreː.rɑn/, [ˈr̥eː.rɑn]
• Rhymes: -eː.rɑn

Verb

hrēran (West Saxon)

1. to move
2. to shake
3. to stir
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Oft him ānhaga ·  āre gebīdeð,
     Metudes miltse, · þēah þe hē mōdċeariġ
     ġeond lagulāde · longe sċeolde
     hrēran mid hondum · hrīmċealde sǣ,
     wadan wræclāstas. · Wyrd bið ful ārǣd.

     A loner oft waits a grace for himself,
     Creator's mercy, even if he is sorrowful,
     through a sea-way he should for long
     stir the frost-cold sea with hands,
     travel paths of exile. Fate is well stalwart.

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

• āhrēran
• ġehrēran
• onhrēran
• tōhrēran

Related terms

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

Descendants

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

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “HRĒRAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.