"wregan" meaning in Old English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈwreː.jɑn/
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *wrōgijaną (“to tell, speak, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *were-, *wrē- (“to tell, speak”). Akin to Old Frisian wrēia (“to accuse”), Old Saxon wrōgian (“to accuse”), Dutch wroegen (“to accuse”), Old High German ruogen (“to accuse”) (German rügen (“to censure, reprimand”)), Old Norse rœgja (“to accuse”) (Swedish röja (“to betray”)), Gothic 𐍅𐍂𐍉𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wrōhjan, “to accuse”), Old English wrōht (“blame, accusation”). More at bewray, betray. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*wrōgijaną||to tell, speak, shout}} Proto-Germanic *wrōgijaną (“to tell, speak, shout”), {{der|ang|ine-pro|*were-}} Proto-Indo-European *were-, {{cog|ofs|wrēia||to accuse}} Old Frisian wrēia (“to accuse”), {{cog|osx|wrōgian||to accuse}} Old Saxon wrōgian (“to accuse”), {{cog|nl|wroegen||to accuse}} Dutch wroegen (“to accuse”), {{cog|goh|ruogen||to accuse}} Old High German ruogen (“to accuse”), {{cog|de|rügen||to censure, reprimand}} German rügen (“to censure, reprimand”), {{cog|non|rœgja||to accuse}} Old Norse rœgja (“to accuse”), {{cog|sv|röja||to betray}} Swedish röja (“to betray”), {{cog|got|𐍅𐍂𐍉𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽||to accuse}} Gothic 𐍅𐍂𐍉𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wrōhjan, “to accuse”), {{cog|ang|wrōht||blame, accusation}} Old English wrōht (“blame, accusation”) Head templates: {{ang-verb|wrēġan}} wrēġan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|wrēġan<w1>}} Forms: wrēġan [canonical], weak [table-tags], wrēġan [infinitive], wrēġenne [infinitive], wrēġe [first-person, present, singular], wrēġde [first-person, past, singular], wrēġest [present, second-person, singular], wrēġst [present, second-person, singular], wrēġdest [past, second-person, singular], wrēġeþ [present, singular, third-person], wrēġþ [present, singular, third-person], wrēġde [past, singular, third-person], wrēġaþ [plural, present], wrēġdon [past, plural], wrēġe [present, singular], wrēġde [past, singular], wrēġen [plural, present], wrēġden [past, plural], wrēġ [imperative, past, present, singular], wrēġaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], wrēġende [imperative, present], wrēġed [imperative, past], ġewrēġed [imperative, past]
  1. to accuse, impeach, blame
    Sense id: en-wregan-ang-verb-yvw-NmBs Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53
  2. to incite, stir up, excite
    Sense id: en-wregan-ang-verb-R9xzyT0T Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: wrēġendlīċ 
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwreː.jɑn/"
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      "form": "wrēġed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġewrēġed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wrēġan"
      },
      "expansion": "wrēġan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wrēġan<w1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "wrēġendlīċ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to accuse, impeach, blame"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "accuse",
          "accuse"
        ],
        [
          "impeach",
          "impeach"
        ],
        [
          "blame",
          "blame"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to incite, stir up, excite"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "incite",
          "incite"
        ],
        [
          "stir up",
          "stir up"
        ],
        [
          "excite",
          "excite"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwreː.jɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wregan"
}

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