Old English · verb
diedan
Normalised dīedan
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- weak class 1
- IPA
- /ˈdi͜yː.dɑn/
- Syllables
- ˈdi͜yː · dɑn (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- kill
Meaning
-
to kill
Conjugation
All forms (18)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *daudijan, from Proto-Germanic *daudijaną. Equivalent to dēad + -an. Cognate with Gothic (dauþjan) and Old Norse deyða.
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