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Old English · verb

belimpan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class III
IPA
/beˈlim.pɑn/
Syllables
be · ˈlim · pɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
applicablepertainhave to do withbelonghappen

Meaning

  1. to happen

  2. to belong

    And Weonodland wæs ūs ealne weġ, on steorbord, ōð Wīslemūðan. Sēo Wīsle is swyðe myċel ēa, and hīo tōlīð Witland, and Weonodland; and ðæt Witland belimpeð tō Ēstum

    Slavia was to our starboard the whole way to the mouth of the Vistula. The Vistula is a very great river, and it divides Witland and Slavia; and Witland belongs to the Estonians

    Voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan
  3. to have to do with, pertain

    Hwæt belimpþ Ingeldes tō Criste?

    What does Ingeld have to do with Christ? (Literally, "What of Ingeld pertains to Christ?")

  4. to be applicable

    Ðes cwyde belimpð swyðe to munuchádes mannum, ða ðe for heofenan ríces myrhðe forlætað fæder, and moder, and flæsclice siblingas.

    This saying is especially applicable to men of monastic order, who, for the joy of heaven's kingdom, forsake father, and mother, and fleshly relations.

    c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Paul the Apostle"

Conjugation

Conjugation of belimpan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular belimpebelamp
2nd singular belimpstbelumpe
3rd singular belimpþbelamp
Plural belimpaþbelumpon
Subjunctive
Singular belimpebelumpe
Plural belimpenbelumpen
Non-finite forms of belimpan
Form
Infinitive belimpan
Inflected infinitive belimpenne
Imperative singular belimp
Imperative plural belimpaþ
Present participle belimpende
Past participle belumpen

All forms (13)

Etymology

From be- + limpan.

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