styrian – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of styrian

Infinitive

styrian
styrienne

Participles

Presentstyriende
Past(ġe)styred

Indicative

Present

1st sing.styrie
2nd sing.styrest
3rd sing.styreþ
1st plur.styriaþ
2nd plur.styriaþ
3rd plur.styriaþ

Past

1st sing.styrede
2nd sing.styredest
3rd sing.styrede
1st plur.styredon
2nd plur.styredon
3rd plur.styredon

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.styrie
2nd sing.styrie
3rd sing.styrie
1st plur.styrien
2nd plur.styrien
3rd plur.styrien

Past

1st sing.styrede
2nd sing.styrede
3rd sing.styrede
1st plur.styreden
2nd plur.styreden
3rd plur.styreden

Imperative

Singularstyre
Pluralstyriaþ

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sturjan.

Verbs referencing "styrian"

English stir, Middle English stiren.

Sample Sentences

  • Late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 7:21 (All flesh was destroyed that moved on the Earth, of people and of birds, of livestock and of reptiles.)
  • Early 11th century, Wulfstan, "Larspell"
  • Iċ ġenam mīne hearpan and ongann mīne strenġas styrian. (I took my harp and started to move the strings.)

Cognates

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