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Old English · verb

gleowian

Normalised glēowian

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 2
IPA: /ˈɡle͜oː.wi.ɑn/
Syllables: ˈɡle͜oː · wi · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English: glee jest joke fool

Meaning

To play an instrument.
To sing.
To joke, jest, act a fool.

Conjugation

Conjugation of gleowian
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	glēowiġe	glēowode
2nd singular	glēowast	glēowodest
3rd singular	glēowaþ	glēowode
Plural	glēowiaþ	glēowodon
Subjunctive
Singular	glēowiġe	glēowode
Plural	glēowiġen	glēowoden

Non-finite forms of gleowian
	Form
Infinitive	glēowian
Inflected infinitive	glēowienne
Imperative singular	glēowa
Imperative plural	glēowiaþ
Present participle	glēowiende
Past participle	glēowod ġeglēowod

All forms (15)

glēowiġe
glēowode
glēowast
glēowodest
glēowaþ
glēowiaþ
glēowodon
glēowiġen
glēowoden
glēowian
glēowienne
glēowa
glēowiende
glēowod
ġeglēowod

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *glīwōn, from Proto-Germanic *glīwōną, from Proto-Germanic *glīwą.

Descendants

glee

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