"biergan" meaning in Old English

See biergan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈbi͜yr.jɑn/, [ˈbi͜yrˠ.jɑn]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *bargijan (“to try, taste”). Cognate with Old Norse bergja (“to taste”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*bargijan||to try, taste}} Proto-West Germanic *bargijan (“to try, taste”), {{cog|non|bergja||to taste}} Old Norse bergja (“to taste”) Head templates: {{ang-verb|bierġan}} bierġan, {{tlb|ang|West Saxon}} (West Saxon) Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|bierġan<w1>}} Forms: bierġan [canonical], weak [table-tags], bierġan [infinitive], bierġenne [infinitive], bierġe [first-person, present, singular], bierġde [first-person, past, singular], bierġest [present, second-person, singular], bierġst [present, second-person, singular], bierġdest [past, second-person, singular], bierġeþ [present, singular, third-person], bierġþ [present, singular, third-person], bierġde [past, singular, third-person], bierġaþ [plural, present], bierġdon [past, plural], bierġe [present, singular], bierġde [past, singular], bierġen [plural, present], bierġden [past, plural], bierġ [imperative, past, present, singular], bierġaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], bierġende [imperative, present], bierġed [imperative, past], ġebierġed [imperative, past]
  1. to taste Tags: West-Saxon
    Sense id: en-biergan-ang-verb-2vkp6OfM Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, West Saxon Old English Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 98 2 Disambiguation of West Saxon Old English: 97 3
  2. to partake of Tags: West-Saxon
    Sense id: en-biergan-ang-verb-KG39SmJD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: berġan [Anglian], birġan, byrġan [Late-West-Saxon], beorġan, berian, byriġan Derived forms: ābierġan, ġebierġan, onbierġan
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ābierġan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ġebierġan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "onbierġan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "buriȝen",
            "alt": "büriȝen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: büriȝen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: büriȝen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "ine-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*bargijan",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to try, taste"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *bargijan (“to try, taste”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "bergja",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to taste"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *bargijan (“to try, taste”). Cognate with Old Norse bergja (“to taste”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bierġan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġdest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġeþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġdon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġebierġed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bierġan"
      },
      "expansion": "bierġan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "West Saxon"
      },
      "expansion": "(West Saxon)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bierġan<w1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "98 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "West Saxon Old English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to taste"
      ],
      "id": "en-biergan-ang-verb-2vkp6OfM",
      "links": [
        [
          "taste",
          "taste"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to partake of"
      ],
      "id": "en-biergan-ang-verb-KG39SmJD",
      "links": [
        [
          "partake",
          "partake"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbi͜yr.jɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbi͜yrˠ.jɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Anglian"
      ],
      "word": "berġan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "birġan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Late-West-Saxon"
      ],
      "word": "byrġan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beorġan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "berian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "byriġan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "biergan"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English class 1 weak verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "West Saxon Old English"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ābierġan"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġebierġan"
    },
    {
      "word": "onbierġan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "buriȝen",
            "alt": "büriȝen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: büriȝen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: büriȝen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "ine-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*bargijan",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to try, taste"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *bargijan (“to try, taste”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "bergja",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to taste"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse bergja (“to taste”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *bargijan (“to try, taste”). Cognate with Old Norse bergja (“to taste”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bierġan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġdest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġeþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġdon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bierġed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġebierġed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bierġan"
      },
      "expansion": "bierġan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "West Saxon"
      },
      "expansion": "(West Saxon)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bierġan<w1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to taste"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "taste",
          "taste"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to partake of"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "partake",
          "partake"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbi͜yr.jɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbi͜yrˠ.jɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Anglian"
      ],
      "word": "berġan"
    },
    {
      "word": "birġan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Late-West-Saxon"
      ],
      "word": "byrġan"
    },
    {
      "word": "beorġan"
    },
    {
      "word": "berian"
    },
    {
      "word": "byriġan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "biergan"
}

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