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Old English · verb

alimpan

Normalised ālimpan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class III
IPA
/ɑːˈlim.pɑn/
Syllables
ɑː · ˈlim · pɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
occur

Meaning

  1. to happen, occur, take place

    Þa him alumpen wæs wistfylle wen.

    Then the hope of a full feast came upon him. (Beowulf, ll. 733-4)

Conjugation

Conjugation of alimpan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ālimpeālamp
2nd singular ālimpstālumpe
3rd singular ālimpþālamp
Plural ālimpaþālumpon
Subjunctive
Singular ālimpeālumpe
Plural ālimpenālumpen
Non-finite forms of alimpan
Form
Infinitive ālimpan
Inflected infinitive ālimpenne
Imperative singular ālimp
Imperative plural ālimpaþ
Present participle ālimpende
Past participle ālumpen

All forms (13)

Etymology

From a- + limpan.

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