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Old English · verb

beon

Normalised bēon

Part of speech
verb
IPA
/be͜oːn/
Syllables
be͜oːn (1 syllable)
Modern English
beexist

beon1 · noun · inflected form

Senses

  1. inflection of bēo:; accusative/genitive/dative singular

  2. inflection of bēo:; nominative/accusative plural

  3. Inflected form of bēo

beon2 · verb

Senses

  1. to be; exist

    Sē ðe gōd bēon wile, clypiġe tō ðām þe ǣfre is gōd, þæt hē hine gōdne ġewyrċe.

    Let the one who wishes to be good call to the one who is always good so that he [the good one] will make him [the wisher] good.

    c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"

  2. to become

Conjugation

Conjugation of beon
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular bēo–
2nd singular bist–
3rd singular biþ–
Plural bēoþ–
Subjunctive
Singular bēo–
Plural bēon–
Non-finite forms of beon
Form
Infinitive bēon
Inflected infinitive bēonne
Imperative singular bēo
Imperative plural bēoþ
Present participle bēonde
Past participle bēonġebēon

All forms (8)

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

From Proto-West Germanic *beun, from Proto-Germanic *beuną (“to be”), related to būan (“to dwell”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-, *bʰuH-. The past tense forms are from Proto-Germanic *wesaną (from which also wesan), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-.

Descendants

be, been

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