geþweran

Old English

Alternative forms
  • ġeðweran, ġeþƿeran

Etymology

Equivalent to ġe- +‎ þweran.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jeˈθwerɑn/

Verb

ġeþweran

  1. (transitive) to churn; to stir, beat, or mix together
  2. (literally) to make thick (by churning)
  3. (poetic) to forge

Conjugation
Conjugation of ġeþweran (strong class 4)
infinitive ġeþweran tō ġeþwerenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular ġeþwere ġeþwær
2nd-person singular ġeþwirest ġeþwǣre
3rd-person singular ġeþwireþ ġeþwær
plural ġeþweraþ ġeþwǣron
subjunctive present past
singular ġeþwere ġeþwǣre
plural ġeþweren ġeþwǣren
imperative
singular ġeþwer
plural ġeþweraþ
participle present past
ġeþwerende (ġe)ġeþworen
  • þwǣre f (“a tool for stirring or beating”)
  • þwirel m (“a stick for whipping milk”)

See also
  • ġeþweor n (“curd, i.e. coagulated milk”)
  • ġeþwerian (“to mix or mingle”)

References
  • ĠEÞWERAN in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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