wyrgan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną, from *wargaz (“outlaw”) (Old English wearg), or from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, squeeze”). Cognate with Old Frisian wergia, Dutch wurgen, Old High German wurgen (German würgen).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwyrjɑn/ or IPA(key): /ˈwyrɣɑn/

Verb

wyrgan

  1. to strangle, to throttle
  2. (clarification of this definition is needed) to worry

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Middle English: werien, worien, wirwen, worowen
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