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Old English · verb

alutan

Normalised ālūtan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class II
IPA
/ɑːˈluː.tɑn/
Syllables
ɑː · ˈluː · tɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
bend downbow downincline

Meaning

  1. to bend, incline

  2. to bend down, bow down

    Sum hǣðen man wolde hine ācwellan mid ātogenum swurde, and sē hālga ālēat, and āstrehte his swūran under ðām scīnendan brande.

    A certain heathen man wanted to kill him with a drawn sword, and the holy man bent down and stretched out his neck under the shining brand.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Conjugation

Conjugation of alutan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ālūteālēat
2nd singular ālȳtstālute
3rd singular ālȳttālȳtālēat
Plural ālūtaþāluton
Subjunctive
Singular ālūteālute
Plural ālūtenāluten
Non-finite forms of alutan
Form
Infinitive ālūtan
Inflected infinitive ālūtenne
Imperative singular ālūt
Imperative plural ālūtaþ
Present participle ālūtende
Past participle āloten

All forms (15)

Etymology

By surface analysis, ā- + lūtan

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