þweran

Old English

Alternative forms
  • ðweran — edh spelling

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þweraną (“to stir”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈθwe.rɑn/

Verb

þweran

  1. to twirl
  2. to stir

Conjugation
Conjugation of þweran (strong class 4)
infinitive þweran þwerenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular þwere þwær
second person singular þwirest, þwirst þwǣre
third person singular þwireþ, þwirþ þwær
plural þweraþ þwǣron
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular þwere þwǣre
plural þweren þwǣren
imperative
singular þwer
plural þweraþ
participle present past
þwerende (ġe)þworen

Derived terms
  • þwǣre f (“a tool for stirring or beating”)
  • þwirel m (“a stick for whipping milk”)

References
  • Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ÞWERAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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