angren

See also: Ángrén

Middle English

Alternative forms

• anger, angeren, angir, angur, angre
• annꟑrenn (Ormulum)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse angra; equivalent to anger (“distress, annoyance, anger”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanɡ(ə)rən/

Verb

angren (third-person singular simple present angreth, present participle angrende, angrynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle angred)

1. To be annoyed, angry or upset; to be in a state of mental stress.
   • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur Book XVIII, Chapter viii leaf 369r:

     And soo whan she herd how the quene was an angred for the dethe of syre Patryse / Thenne she told it openly that she was neuer gylty
     "And so when she heard how the queen was an-angered for the death of Sir Patrise, then she told it openly that she was never guilty"

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. To annoy, anger, aggravate, or rile; to make angry.
3. (rare) To hurt; to inflict injury or afflictions upon someone.
4. (rare) To cause to be inflamed or swollen (of injuries).

Conjugation

Conjugation of angren (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) angren, angre
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	angre	angred
2nd-person singular	angrest	angredest
3rd-person singular	angreth	angred
subjunctive singular	angre
imperative singular		—
plural1	angren, angre	angreden, angrede
imperative plural	angreth, angre	—
participles	angrynge, angrende	angred, yangred

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

Derived terms

• a-angryd

Descendants

• English: anger
• Scots: anger
• Yola: angerth (adj.)

References

• “angren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2 April 2019.