tiergan

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *targijan, from Proto-Germanic *targijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈti͜yr.jɑn/, [ˈti͜yrˠ.jɑn]

Verb

tierġan

  1. to worry, exasperate
  2. to provoke, pain, irritate
  3. to excite

Conjugation

Conjugation of tierġan (weak, class 1)
infinitive tierġan tierġenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular tierġe tierġde
second person singular tierġest, tierġst tierġdest
third person singular tierġeþ, tierġþ tierġde
plural tierġaþ tierġdon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular tierġe tierġde
plural tierġen tierġden
imperative
singular tierġ
plural tierġaþ
participle present past
tierġende (ġe)tierġed

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: terien, tarien (through the Anglian variant)
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