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Old English · verb

eglan

Normalised eġlan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈej.lɑn/
Syllables
ˈej · lɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
molestailafflictvex

Meaning

  1. to trouble, pain, vex, plague, ail, molest, afflict

Conjugation

Conjugation of eglan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular eġleeġldeeġlede
2nd singular eġlesteġldesteġledest
3rd singular eġleþeġldeeġlede
Plural eġlaþeġldoneġledon
Subjunctive
Singular eġleeġldeeġlede
Plural eġleneġldeneġleden
Non-finite forms of eglan
Form
Infinitive eġlan
Inflected infinitive eġlenne
Imperative singular eġle
Imperative plural eġlaþ
Present participle eġlende
Past participle eġledġeeġled

All forms (18)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aglijan, from Proto-Germanic *aglijaną (“to trouble, vex”), from Proto-Germanic *agluz (“troublesome, painful, loathsome”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰ-lo-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰ- (“to be afraid, be depressed”). Akin to Gothic (agljan), Middle Low German egelen (“to annoy”), Old English eġle, Gothic (agls, “shameful”).

Descendants

ail

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