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Old English · verb

clifian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈkli.fi.ɑn/
[ˈkli.vi.ɑn]
Syllables
ˈkli · fi · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
cleaveadhere

Meaning

  1. to stick (adhere)

Conjugation

Conjugation of clifian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular clifiġeclifode
2nd singular clifastclifodest
3rd singular clifaþclifode
Plural clifiaþclifodon
Subjunctive
Singular clifiġeclifode
Plural clifiġenclifoden
Non-finite forms of clifian
Form
Infinitive clifian
Inflected infinitive clifienne
Imperative singular clifa
Imperative plural clifiaþ
Present participle clifiende
Past participle clifodġeclifod

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *klibēn, from Proto-Germanic *klibāną.

Descendants

cleave

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