Participles
| Present | ċierrende |
| Past | (ġe)ċiered |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | ċierre |
| 2nd sing. | ċierest |
| 3rd sing. | ċiereþ |
| 1st plur. | ċierraþ |
| 2nd plur. | ċierraþ |
| 3rd plur. | ċierraþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | ċierde |
| 2nd sing. | ċierdest |
| 3rd sing. | ċierde |
| 1st plur. | ċierdon |
| 2nd plur. | ċierdon |
| 3rd plur. | ċierdon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | ċierre |
| 2nd sing. | ċierre |
| 3rd sing. | ċierre |
| 1st plur. | ċierren |
| 2nd plur. | ċierren |
| 3rd plur. | ċierren |
Past
| 1st sing. | ċierde |
| 2nd sing. | ċierde |
| 3rd sing. | ċierde |
| 1st plur. | ċierden |
| 2nd plur. | ċierden |
| 3rd plur. | ċierden |
Imperative
| Singular | ċiere |
| Plural | ċierraþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'cierran'
cierran,
Verbs similar to 'cierran'
acierran,
cerran,
mierran,
afierran,
amierran,
becierran,
biergan,
biernan,
ceorran,
ciegan,
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). See: Old High German 'chēran', German, old spelling '
kehren'.
Verbs referencing "cierran"
English
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Sample Sentences
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(a) to change direction of motion
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(b) to come or go back; to return
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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
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⁊ hīe Bealdrēd þone cyning norþ ofer Temese ādrifon ⁊ Cantware him tō ċirdon... (And they drove King Bealdred north over the Thames, and turned back to Kent...)
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(c) to change belief or behavior
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(d) to turn to somebody with some intent
Cognates
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