cierran

• ċerran — Anglian
• ċirran — West Saxon
• ċyrran — Late West Saxon

From Proto-West Germanic *kaʀʀjan, from Proto-Germanic *kazjaną, a variant of *kaizijaną, *kaizwijaną (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *goyswéye- (“to bend, turn”). Akin to Old Saxon kērian, Old High German chēran (“to turn”) (German kehren).

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi͜yr.rɑn/, [ˈt͡ʃi͜yrˠ.rˠɑn]

ċierran (Early West Saxon)

1. (transitive) to turn; to make move
2. (intransitive) to turn

   (a) to change direction of motion

   (b) to come or go back; to return

   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     ⁊ hīe Bealdrēd þone cyning norþ ofer Temese ādrifon ⁊ Cantware him tō ċirdon...

     And they drove King Bealdred north over the Thames, and turned back to Kent...

   (c) to change belief or behavior

   (d) to turn to somebody with some intent

• ċierr m
• ġeċierrednes f

• Middle English: cherren, charren, charen
  • English: char, chore, ajar
  • Scots: char, chare

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈθjeran/ [ˈθje.rãn] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsjeran/ [ˈsje.rãn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eran
• Syllabification: cie‧rran

cierran

1. third-person plural present indicative of cerrar