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Old English · verb

þinan

Normalised þīnan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: strong class I
IPA: /ˈθiː.nɑn/
Syllables: ˈθiː · nɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: damp

Meaning

to become moist or damp

Conjugation

Conjugation of þinan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	þīne	þān
2nd singular	þīnst	þine
3rd singular	þīnþ	þān
Plural	þīnaþ	þinon
Subjunctive
Singular	þīne	þine
Plural	þīnen	þinen

Non-finite forms of þinan
	Form
Infinitive	þīnan
Inflected infinitive	þīnenne
Imperative singular	þīn
Imperative plural	þīnaþ
Present participle	þīnende
Past participle	þinen ġeþinen

All forms (14)

þīne
þān
þīnst
þine
þīnþ
þīnaþ
þinon
þīnen
þinen
þīnan
þīnenne
þīn
þīnende
ġeþinen

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þīnan, presumably from Proto-Germanic *þīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt, flow, run”).

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