myrþrian

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to myrþra (“murder, homicide”) +‎ -ian. Compare the noun morþor.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmyr.θri.ɑn/, [ˈmyrˠ.ðri.ɑn]

Verb

myrþrian

  1. (prose) to murder (according to the Oxford English Dictionary only attested in the compounded forms amyrþrian, formyrþrian, and ofmyrþrian, and the derived form myrðrung).[1]

Conjugation
Conjugation of myrþrian (weak class 2)
infinitive myrþrian myrþrienne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular myrþriġe myrþrode
second person singular myrþrast myrþrodest
third person singular myrþraþ myrþrode
plural myrþriaþ myrþrodon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular myrþriġe myrþrode
plural myrþriġen myrþroden
imperative
singular myrþra
plural myrþriaþ
participle present past
myrþriende (ġe)myrþrod

Descendants
  • Old English: amyrþrian
  • Old English: formyrþrian
  • Old English: ofmyrþrian

See also

References
  1. "murder, v.", OED Online, 3rd edn (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021).
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