hungren

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Middle English

Alternative forms

hingriæn, hingren, hengren, hungrin, hungryn, hungrun, hungere, hungre

Etymology

Inherited from Old English hyngran, hyngrian, from Proto-West Germanic *hungrijan, from Proto-Germanic *hungrijaną; equivalent to hunger +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). After the Early Middle English period, the vowel was modified to match hunger.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhunɡrən/,
(Early ME) IPA^(key): /ˈhinɡrən/, /ˈhɛnɡrən/

Verb

hungren

To hunger; to be starving, hungry, or lacking nutrition.
To wish for or want; to yearn for something.

Conjugation

Conjugation of hungren (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) hungren, hungre
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	hungre	hungred
2nd-person singular	hungrest	hungredest
3rd-person singular	hungreth	hungred
subjunctive singular	hungre	hungred
imperative singular	hungre	—

plural¹	hungren, hungre	hungreden, hungrede
imperative plural	hungreth, hungre	—

participles	hungrynge, hungrende	hungred, yhungred

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

English: hunger
Scots: hunger

References

“hungren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-18.

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