cierran

== Old English == === Alternative forms === ċerran — Anglian, Kentish ċirran — West Saxon ċyrran — Late West Saxon === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *kaʀʀjan, from Proto-Germanic *kazjaną, a variant of *kaizijaną, *kaizwijaną (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *goyswéye- (“to bend, turn”). Akin to Old Saxon kērian, Old High German chēran (“to turn”) (German kehren). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi͜yr.rɑn/, [ˈt͡ʃi͜yrˠ.rˠɑn] === Verb === ċierran (Early West Saxon) (transitive) to turn; to make move (intransitive) to turn (a) to change direction of motion (b) to come or go back; to return The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (c) to change belief or behavior (d) to turn to somebody with some intent ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ċierr m ġeċierrednes f ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: cherren, charren, charen English: char, chore, ajar Scots: char, chare === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ĊYRRAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ĊIRRAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ĊERRAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθjeran/ [ˈθje.rãn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /ˈsjeran/ [ˈsje.rãn] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -eran Syllabification: cie‧rran === Verb === cierran third-person plural present indicative of cerrar