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Old English · verb

bulcian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈbul.ki.ɑn/
[ˈbuɫ.ki.ɑn]
Syllables
ˈbul · ki · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
boakbockbolkgushbelchutter

Meaning

  1. to utter

  2. to gush forth

  3. to belch

Conjugation

Conjugation of bulcian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular bulciġebulcode
2nd singular bulcastbulcodest
3rd singular bulcaþbulcode
Plural bulciaþbulcodon
Subjunctive
Singular bulciġebulcode
Plural bulciġenbulcoden
Non-finite forms of bulcian
Form
Infinitive bulcian
Inflected infinitive bulcienne
Imperative singular bulca
Imperative plural bulciaþ
Present participle bulciende

All forms (13)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bulkōn (“to utter, bellow”), from Proto-Germanic *belkaną. Cognate with Middle Low German bolken (“to bellow, low”), Dutch bulken (“to bellow”).

Descendants

boak, bock, bolk

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