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Old English · verb

acofrian

Normalised ācofrian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ɑːˈkof.ri.ɑn/
[ɑːˈkov.ri.ɑn]
Syllables
ɑː · ˈkof · ri · ɑn (4 syllables)
Modern English
recoverillness

Meaning

  1. to get better, recover from illness

  2. to heal (of a wound)

Conjugation

Conjugation of acofrian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ācofriġeācofrode
2nd singular ācofrastācofrodest
3rd singular ācofraþācofrode
Plural ācofriaþācofrodon
Subjunctive
Singular ācofriġeācofrode
Plural ācofriġenācofroden
Non-finite forms of acofrian
Form
Infinitive ācofrian
Inflected infinitive ācofrienne
Imperative singular ācofra
Imperative plural ācofriaþ
Present participle ācofriende
Past participle ācofrod

All forms (14)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *uʀkoborōn. Equivalent to ā- + *cofrian, ultimately from Latin *cupero (“to take, seize”).

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