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Old English · verb

gefiellan

Normalised ġefiellan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/jeˈfi͜yl.lɑn/
[jeˈfi͜yɫ.ɫɑn]
Syllables
je · ˈfi͜yl · lɑn (3 syllables)

Meaning

  1. to kill, fell, cut down, destroy, deprive of

    Þā wīf syndon ðrēotȳne fōta lange ⁊ heora līċ bið on marmorstānes hwītnysse. ⁊ hī habbað olfenda fēt ⁊ eoferes tēð. For heora unclēnnesse hīe ġefelde wurdon fram ðām mycclan macedoniscȧn Alexandre. Þā hē hī lifiende ġefōn ne mihte þā ācwealde hē hī for ðam hī syndon ǣwisċe on līchoman ⁊ unweorðe.

    Those women are thirteen feet tall and their bodies are the whiteness of marble. And they have the feet of camels and teeth of a boar. For their uncleanliness, they were killed by Alexander the Great of Macedon. He killed them because he could not capture them alive, because they are worthless and foul of body.

    Wonders of the East

Conjugation

Conjugation of gefiellan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ġefielleġefielde
2nd singular ġefiellestġefielstġefieldest
3rd singular ġefielleþġefielþġefielde
Plural ġefiellaþġefieldon
Subjunctive
Singular ġefielleġefielde
Plural ġefiellenġefielden
Non-finite forms of gefiellan
Form
Infinitive ġefiellan
Inflected infinitive ġefiellenne
Imperative singular ġefiell
Imperative plural ġefiellaþ
Present participle ġefiellende
Past participle ġefielled

All forms (16)

Etymology

By surface analysis, ġe- + fiellan

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