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Friedrich Kluge2508740An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z — zerren1891John Francis Davis

​ zerren, vb., ‘to tug, tease, worry,’ from MidHG. and OHG. zerren, wk. vb., ‘to tear, cleave’; from the same root as zehren.

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