Participles
| Present | ċirċende |
| Past | (ġe)ċirċed |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | ċirċe |
| 2nd sing. | ċirċest; ċircst |
| 3rd sing. | ċirċeþ; ċircþ |
| 1st plur. | ċirċaþ |
| 2nd plur. | ċirċaþ |
| 3rd plur. | ċirċaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | ċircte |
| 2nd sing. | ċirctest |
| 3rd sing. | ċircte |
| 1st plur. | ċircton |
| 2nd plur. | ċircton |
| 3rd plur. | ċircton |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | ċirċe |
| 2nd sing. | ċirċe |
| 3rd sing. | ċirċe |
| 1st plur. | ċirċen |
| 2nd plur. | ċirċen |
| 3rd plur. | ċirċen |
Past
| 1st sing. | ċircte |
| 2nd sing. | ċircte |
| 3rd sing. | ċircte |
| 1st plur. | ċircten |
| 2nd plur. | ċircten |
| 3rd plur. | ċircten |
Imperative
| Singular | ċirċ |
| Plural | ċirċaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'circan'
circan,
Verbs similar to 'circan'
cirman,
bercan,
birnan,
carian,
cerran,
cidan,
ciegan,
ciepan,
cierran,
cigan,
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps from an earlier *cerċan, a metathetic variant of *creċċan, *cræċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *krakkjan. If so, then cognate with Old High German krehhen (“to shake, shatter, break”).
Sample Sentences
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ċirċinde wæter (roaring water)
Cognates
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