- curfon
- past pl of ceorfan
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
ceorfan — ceorfan1 sv/t3 3rd pres cierfþ past cearf/curfon ptp gecorfen 1. to cut, cut off, cut down, hew, rend, tear; 2. to carve, cut out, engrave; 3. to slay; 4. to tear, hew, rend; ceorfan1 sv/t3 3rd pres cierfþ past cearf/curfon ptp gecorfen to cut,… … Old to modern English dictionary
Germanic strong verb — In the Germanic languages, a strong verb is one which marks its past tense by means of ablaut. In English, these are verbs like sing, sang, sung. The term strong verb is a translation of German starkes Verb , which was coined by the linguist… … Wikipedia