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Old English · verb

hlinian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈxli.ni.ɑn/
[ˈl̥i.ni.ɑn]
Syllables
ˈxli · ni · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
reclinelean

Meaning

  1. to lean, bend, lie down, recline, rest

    c. 990, Wessex Gospels, "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 13, verse 25

    Certainly when he leaned over the Healer's (Jesus') breasts, he said to him, Lord, who is he?

Conjugation

Conjugation of hlinian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular hliniġehlinode
2nd singular hlinasthlinodest
3rd singular hlinaþhlinode
Plural hliniaþhlinodon
Subjunctive
Singular hliniġehlinode
Plural hliniġenhlinoden
Non-finite forms of hlinian
Form
Infinitive hlinian
Inflected infinitive hlinienne
Imperative singular hlina
Imperative plural hliniaþ
Present participle hliniende
Past participle hlinodġehlinod

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hlinēn, from Proto-Germanic *hlināną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-.

Descendants

lean

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