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Old English · verb

acolian

Normalised ācōlian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ɑːˈkoː.li.ɑn/
Syllables
ɑː · ˈkoː · li · ɑn (4 syllables)
Modern English
cool

Meaning

  1. to become cool

    Ræst wæs ācōlad, heard wæs hinsīð; hæleð wǣron mōdġe, þe hȳ æt þām beorge blīðne fundon.

    Rest-bed was chilled, the hence-walk was hard; heroes were doughty, they who found blitheness at that mound.

    10th century, The Descent into Hell:

Conjugation

Conjugation of acolian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ācōliġeācōlode
2nd singular ācōlastācōlodest
3rd singular ācōlaþācōlode
Plural ācōliaþācōlodon
Subjunctive
Singular ācōliġeācōlode
Plural ācōliġenācōloden
Non-finite forms of acolian
Form
Infinitive ācōlian
Inflected infinitive ācōlienne
Imperative singular ācōla
Imperative plural ācōliaþ
Present participle ācōliende
Past participle ācōlod

All forms (14)

Etymology

From ā- + cōlian.

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