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Old English · verb

hleapan

Normalised hlēapan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class VII
IPA
/ˈxlæ͜ɑː.pɑn/
[ˈl̥æ͜ɑː.pɑn]
Syllables
ˈxlæ͜ɑː · pɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
leapjumpdance

Meaning

  1. to jump

    Hlēap ofer þæt ġeat!

    Jump over that gate!

  2. to dance

    Hērōdēs swōr þæt hē wolde þǣre hlēapendan dehter forġiefan swā hwæt swā hēo bæd.

    Herod swore that he would give the dancing daughter whatever she asked.

    late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Beheading of St. John the Baptist"

  3. to run

Conjugation

Conjugation of hleapan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular hlēapehlēop
2nd singular hlīepsthlēope
3rd singular hlīepþhlēop
Plural hlēapaþhlēopon
Subjunctive
Singular hlēapehlēope
Plural hlēapenhlēopen
Non-finite forms of hleapan
Form
Infinitive hlēapan
Inflected infinitive hlēapenne
Imperative singular hlēap
Imperative plural hlēapaþ
Present participle hlēapende
Past participle hlēapenġehlēapen

All forms (14)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan. Cognate with Old Frisian hlāpa, Old Saxon hlōpan, Old High German loufan, Old Norse hlaupa, Gothic (ushlaupan).

Descendants

leap

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