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Old English · verb

flustrian

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 2
IPA: /ˈflus.tri.ɑn/
Syllables: ˈflus · tri · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English: braid plait weave

Meaning

to weave, plait, braid

Conjugation

Conjugation of flustrian
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	flustriġe	flustrode
2nd singular	flustrast	flustrodest
3rd singular	flustraþ	flustrode
Plural	flustriaþ	flustrodon
Subjunctive
Singular	flustriġe	flustrode
Plural	flustriġen	flustroden

Non-finite forms of flustrian
	Form
Infinitive	flustrian
Inflected infinitive	flustrienne
Imperative singular	flustra
Imperative plural	flustriaþ
Present participle	flustriende
Past participle	flustrod ġeflustrod

All forms (15)

flustriġe
flustrode
flustrast
flustrodest
flustraþ
flustriaþ
flustrodon
flustriġen
flustroden
flustrian
flustrienne
flustra
flustriende
flustrod
ġeflustrod

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *fluhts, related to Proto-West Germanic *fluhtī (“a woven fabric, weave”) + -rian. Compare Old English *flox in floxfōte (“web-footed”).

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