awyrgan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *uʀwurgijan, from Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną (“to strangle”). Cognate with German erwürgen. Equivalent to ā- +‎ wyrġan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑːˈwyr.jɑn/, [ɑːˈwyrˠ.jɑn]

Verb

āwyrġan

  1. to strangle, suffocate
  2. to corrupt, injure, curse
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Sē wōda ðā āwende āweġ his ċeaflas fram ðǣre hālgan handa, swilċe fram hātum īsene, and sē āwyrġeda gāst ġewāt of ðām men ūt ðurh his ġesċēapu, mid sċēandlīcum flēame.
      The madman then turned his cheeks away from the holy man's hands as if from hot iron, and the accursed spirit departed the man through his genitals with shameful flight.

Conjugation

Conjugation of āwyrġan (weak, class 1)
infinitive āwyrġan āwyrġenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular āwyrġe āwyrġde
second person singular āwyrġest, āwyrġst āwyrġdest
third person singular āwyrġeþ, āwyrġþ āwyrġde
plural āwyrġaþ āwyrġdon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular āwyrġe āwyrġde
plural āwyrġen āwyrġden
imperative
singular āwyrġ
plural āwyrġaþ
participle present past
āwyrġende āwyrġed
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