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Old English · verb

arisan

Normalised ārīsan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class I
IPA
/ɑːˈriː.sɑn/
[ɑːˈriː.zɑn]
Syllables
ɑː · ˈriː · sɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
ariseoriginaterise

Meaning

  1. to rise, arise, get up

    Sē wer meahte unēaðe þurh hine selfne ārīsan oþþe gān.

    The man could barely get up or walk by himself.

    late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

  2. to arise, originate

    Þēos sibb āwunade on Crīstes cyriċan...ōþ ðā tīde þe sē Arrianisċa gėdweolda ārās.

    This peace persisted in Christ's church...until the time that the Arian heresy arose.

    late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

Conjugation

Conjugation of arisan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ārīseārās
2nd singular ārīstārise
3rd singular ārīstārās
Plural ārīsaþārison
Subjunctive
Singular ārīseārise
Plural ārīsenārisen
Non-finite forms of arisan
Form
Infinitive ārīsan
Inflected infinitive ārīsenne
Imperative singular ārīs
Imperative plural ārīsaþ
Present participle ārīsende
Past participle ārisen

All forms (12)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *uʀrīsan, from Proto-Germanic *uzrīsaną (“to rise up, arise”), corresponding to ā- + rīsan.

Descendants

arise

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