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Old English · verb

cimban

Normalised ċimban

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: strong class III
IPA: /ˈt͡ʃim.bɑn/
Syllables: ˈt͡ʃim · bɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: join

Meaning

to join

Conjugation

Conjugation of cimban
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	ċimbe	camb
2nd singular	ċimbst	cumbe
3rd singular	ċimbþ	camb
Plural	ċimbaþ	cumbon
Subjunctive
Singular	ċimbe	cumbe
Plural	ċimben	cumben

Non-finite forms of cimban
	Form
Infinitive	ċimban
Inflected infinitive	ċimbenne
Imperative singular	ċimb
Imperative plural	ċimbaþ
Present participle	ċimbende
Past participle	cumben ġecumben

All forms (14)

ċimbe
camb
ċimbst
cumbe
ċimbþ
ċimbaþ
cumbon
ċimben
cumben
ċimban
ċimbenne
ċimb
ċimbende
ġecumben

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kimban, from Proto-Germanic *kimbaną (“to press together, squeeze”), from Proto-Indo-European *gem- (“to grab; hold; press; pack; stuff; cram”).

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