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cirran

  • verb [ weak ]
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Wright's OE grammar
§67; §311; §530;
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trans.
To turn, cause to move
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  • Cerrende heáfda hiora

    moventes capita sua,

      Mt. L. 27, 39.

  • Cærrende (cerr-,

      R.), Mk. L. 15, 29.

  • Styrendum ł cerrendum

    mobilibus,

      Mt. p. 8, 7.
intrans.
of change in direction of motion,
to turn
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  • Cirdon hié úp in on ðá eá,

      Ors. 1, 1; S. 17, 21.
to come or
go back, return, retire
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  • Ic cearro ł ic willo cerre

    revertar,

      Mt. L. 12, 44.

  • Deáð bið ǽlces yfeles ende, and ne cyrð hé nǽfre má,

      Prov. K. 49.

  • God bebeád þæt hí eft ne cyrdon tó Heróde,

      Hml. Th. i. 78, 29.

  • Cerras

    recedite,

      Mt. L. 9, 24.

  • Þá hí tó sǽ cóman, þá hét hí man cyrran,

      Chr. 1094; P. 229, 22. (2 a) with reflex. dat. :-- Hé
    forlét þá fyrde and cyrde him eft tó Lundene, Chr. 1016; P. 147, 12.
of change in conduct,
to turn, reform
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  • Hí geeácniað heora wíta, gif hí ǽr ende ne cyrrað,

      Hml. S. 13, 311.
to turn to a person in submission, for protection, &c.
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  • Him all Angelcyn tó cirde,

      Chr. 886; P. 80, 11.

  • Him cierde tó eall se þeódscype,

      922; P. 103, 28.

  • Cantware him tó cirdon,

      823; P. 60, 15. v. cerran, cyrran (where for bracket substitute, v. N. E. D. chare) in Dict., and from-, oþ-, under-cirran.
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v.  cerran cyrran.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “cirran.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/41756.

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