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Old English · verb

gefelan

Normalised ġefēlan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/jeˈfeː.lɑn/
Syllables
je · ˈfeː · lɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
feel

Meaning

  1. to feel

    Ne mæġ him þonne sē flǣsċhoma, þonne him þæt feorg losað, ne swēte forswelgan, ne sār ġefēlan, ne hond onhrēran ne mid hyġe þenċan.

    Then the fleshen-body cannot do anything for him, when life comes to nothing for him, nor swallow sweet, nor feel sorrow, nor move hand, nor think with wit.

    10th century, The Seafarer:
  2. to perceive, sense

Conjugation

Conjugation of gefelan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ġefēleġefēlde
2nd singular ġefēlestġefēlstġefēldest
3rd singular ġefēleþġefēlþġefēlde
Plural ġefēlaþġefēldon
Subjunctive
Singular ġefēleġefēlde
Plural ġefēlenġefēlden
Non-finite forms of gefelan
Form
Infinitive ġefēlan
Inflected infinitive ġefēlenne
Imperative singular ġefēl
Imperative plural ġefēlaþ
Present participle ġefēlende
Past participle ġefēled

All forms (16)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gafōlijan. Cognate with Old Saxon gifōlian, Old High German gifuolen. Equivalent to ġe- + fēlan.

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