þweran in Old English

IPA: /ˈθwe.rɑn/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *þweraną (“to stir”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*þweraną||to stir}} Proto-Germanic *þweraną (“to stir”) Head templates: {{ang-verb}} þweran Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|þweran<s4>}} Forms: strong [table-tags], þweran [infinitive], þwerenne [infinitive], þwere [first-person, present, singular], þwær [first-person, past, singular], þwirest [present, second-person, singular], þwirst [present, second-person, singular], þwǣre [past, second-person, singular], þwireþ [present, singular, third-person], þwirþ [present, singular, third-person], þwær [past, singular, third-person], þweraþ [plural, present], þwǣron [past, plural], þwere [present, singular], þwǣre [past, singular], þweren [plural, present], þwǣren [past, plural], þwer [imperative, past, present, singular], þweraþ [imperative, past, plural, present], þwerende [imperative, present], þworen [imperative, past], ġeþworen [imperative, past]

Inflected forms

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        "infinitive"
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    {
      "form": "þwere",
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        "past",
        "singular"
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "þworen",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeþworen",
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        "past"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "a stick for whipping milk",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈθwe.rɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "þweran"
}

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    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "singular"
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "þwǣre",
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "þweren",
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        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "þwer",
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        "present",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
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        "past",
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þworen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeþworen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "word": "þwǣre"
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    {
      "english": "a stick for whipping milk",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "þwirel"
    }
  ],
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        "to twirl"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to stir"
      ],
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          "stir",
          "stir"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈθwe.rɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "þweran"
}

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"þweran" meaning in Old English

Verb

Inflected forms