Old English · verb
geopan
Normalised ġēopan
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- strong class II
- IPA
- /ˈje͜oː.pɑn/
- Syllables
- ˈje͜oː · pɑn (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- receive
Meaning
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to take up, take to oneself, receive
Conjugation
All forms (15)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *geupan, from Proto-Germanic *geupaną (“to be bent, arch, be hollow or concave, be deep”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰewb(ʰ)- (“to bend, stoop, move”).
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