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Old English · verb

idlian

Normalised īdlian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈiːd.li.ɑn/
Syllables
ˈiːd · li · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
invalidateunoccupiedfruitlessunholyidleprofane

Meaning

  1. to be empty, unoccupied

  2. to come to nothing, be fruitless

  3. to empty

  4. to make worthless, destroy

  5. to make unholy, profane

  6. to make void, invalidate

Conjugation

Conjugation of idlian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular īdliġeīdlode
2nd singular īdlastīdlodest
3rd singular īdlaþīdlode
Plural īdliaþīdlodon
Subjunctive
Singular īdliġeīdlode
Plural īdliġenīdloden
Non-finite forms of idlian
Form
Infinitive īdlian
Inflected infinitive īdlienne
Imperative singular īdla
Imperative plural īdliaþ
Present participle īdliende
Past participle īdlodġeīdlod

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *īdlēn. Equivalent to īdel (“idle”) + -ian.

Descendants

idle

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