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Old English · verb

geglengan

Normalised ġeglenġan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/jeˈɡlen.jɑn/
[jeˈɡlen.d͡ʒɑn]
Syllables
je · ˈɡlen · jɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
embellishadorn

Meaning

  1. to adorn, embellish

    Hwīlon cōm sē dēofol, on ānre dīgelnysse, mid purpuran ġescrȳd, and mid helme ġeglenġd, tō ðām hālgan were, þǣr hē hine ġebǣd, and cwæð, þæt hē wǣre witodlīċe sē Hǣlend.

    Once the Devil came, shrouded in a purple garment and adorned with a crown, to the holy man in a recess where he was praying, and said that he was truly the Savior.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
  2. to set in order, compose

Conjugation

Conjugation of geglengan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ġeglenġeġeglengde
2nd singular ġeglenġestġeglengstġeglengdest
3rd singular ġeglenġeþġeglengþġeglengde
Plural ġeglenġaþġeglengdon
Subjunctive
Singular ġeglenġeġeglengde
Plural ġeglenġenġeglengden
Non-finite forms of geglengan
Form
Infinitive ġeglenġan
Inflected infinitive ġeglenġenne
Imperative singular ġeglenġ
Imperative plural ġeglenġaþ
Present participle ġeglenġende
Past participle ġeglenġedġeglenġd

All forms (17)

Etymology

By surface analysis, ġe- + glenġan

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