eldertongue

Old English · verb

endian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈen.di.ɑn/
Syllables
ˈen · di · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
abolishcome to an endendfinish

Meaning

  1. to end

    Æt þǣm ende, hit beliċġað ðā beorgas, þe man hǣt Alpis: þā onginnað westane fram þǣm Wendelsǣ, in Narbonense þǣre ðēode and endiað eft ēast in Dalmatia þǣm lande, æt þǣm sǣ.

    At the end extend the mountains known as the Alps; they begin in the west of the Mediterranean, in Gallia Narbonensis, and end at the eastern sea in the land of Dalmatia.

    late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
  2. to finish, complete

  3. to abolish, destroy

  4. to come to an end, cease; to die

Conjugation

Conjugation of endian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular endiġeendode
2nd singular endastendodest
3rd singular endaþendode
Plural endiaþendodon
Subjunctive
Singular endiġeendode
Plural endiġenendoden
Non-finite forms of endian
Form
Infinitive endian
Inflected infinitive endienne
Imperative singular enda
Imperative plural endiaþ
Present participle endiende
Past participle endodġeendod

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *andijōn, from Proto-Germanic *andijōną (“to end”). Cognate with Old Frisian endia (“to finish”), Old Saxon endiōn (“to come to a stop”), Old High German entōn (“to end”), Old Norse enda (“to end”).

Descendants

end

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