spyrian

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *spurjaną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈspyr.jɑn/

Verb

spyrian

  1. to track
  2. to make a track
  3. to investigate, examine
  4. to enquire after or into, seek to know about
  5. to look for, seek to attain

Declension
Conjugation of spyrian (weak class 1)
infinitive spyrian spyrienne
indicative present past
1st-person singular spyrie spyrede
2nd-person singular spyrest spyredest
3rd-person singular spyreþ spyrede
plural spyriaþ spyredon
subjunctive present past
singular spyrie spyrede
plural spyrien spyreden
imperative
singular spyre
plural spyriaþ
participle present past
spyriende (ġe)spyred

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Middle English: spuren, spiren, speren

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