gecyrran

Old English

Alternative forms
  • ġeċerran, ġeċierran, ġeċirran

Etymology

Equivalent to ġe- +‎ ċyrran.

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

Verb

ġeċyrran

  1. (transitive) to turn back
    (a) to change the direction of
    (b) to repulse
    (c) to return, replace
  2. to go to, visit
  3. (kind or submissive) to turn or convert somebody to (+ tō) something or somebody
  4. (literally or figuratively) to turn, come, or go from (+ of, fram)...to, around, upon (+ tō, ymb, on))
    tō mynstre ġeċyrran
    to go to monastery.
  5. to turn to or from
    (a) to attempt to do, perform (+ tō)
    (b) to cease to do, desist from (+ fram)
  6. to turn to (as for help); to assent to; to be favorable towards

Conjugation
Conjugation of ġeċyrran (weak class 1)
infinitive ġeċyrran tō ġeċyrrenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular ġeċyrre ġeċyrde
2nd-person singular ġeċyrrest ġeċyrdest
3rd-person singular ġeċyrreþ ġeċyrde
plural ġeċyrraþ ġeċyrdon
subjunctive present past
singular ġeċyrre ġeċyrde
plural ġeċyrren ġeċyrden
imperative
singular ġeċyr
plural ġeċyrraþ
participle present past
ġeċyrrende ġeċyrred
Derived terms

Synonyms

References
  • ĠEĊYRRAN in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
  • ĠEĊIRRAN in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
  • ĠEĊERRAN in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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