Part of speech: verb
Verb type: weak verb (1)
1. to turn; to make a turn; 2. to convert, turn into; 3. to return, turn back (also cirran, cyrran, ceorran)
Etymology
[Mod E CHAR, CHARE “to do daily work; to clean” ← Prot-Germ *karjan, *kazjan; O Fris kēra “to turn; to change”; O Sax kērian “to swerve, change course; to turn”; Dt keren “to turn”; OHG kēren “to turn” (Mod G kehren); Icel keyra “to drive; to thrust; to fling”]
Paradigm
4.2.1 (a)
(a) with a short root vowel
I class | infinitive | past tense singular |
to plough | erian | erede |
to perform, commit | fremman | fremede |
(b) with a long root vowel
I class | infinitive | past tense singular |
to feed | fédan | fédde |
to keep, observe | cépan | cépte |
to send | sendan | sende |
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