Old English · verb

deon

Normalised dēon

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 1
IPA: /de͜oːn/
Syllables: de͜oːn (1 syllable)
Modern English: suck

Meaning

to suck

Conjugation

Conjugation of deon
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	dēo	dēode
2nd singular	dēost	dēodest
3rd singular	dēoþ	dēode
Plural	dēoþ	dēodon
Subjunctive
Singular	dēo	dēode
Plural	dēon	dēoden

Non-finite forms of deon
	Form
Infinitive	dēon
Inflected infinitive	dēonne
Imperative singular	dēo
Imperative plural	dēoþ
Present participle	dēonde
Past participle	dēod ġedēod

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dajjaną (“to suckle”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck milk; to suckle”). Akin to Old High German tāen (“to suck”) (Middle High German tīen, dīen (“to suck, suckle”), Swedish dägga, dia (“to suckle”), Danish dægge, die (“to suckle”), Gothic (daddjan, “suckle”), Old English delu (“nipple”), Old English dā (“doe”).

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