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Old English · verb

læfan

Normalised lǣfan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈlæː.fɑn/
[ˈlæː.vɑn]
Syllables
ˈlæː · fɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
leave

Meaning

  1. to leave

Conjugation

Conjugation of læfan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular lǣfelǣfde
2nd singular lǣfestlǣfstlǣfdest
3rd singular lǣfeþlǣfþlǣfde
Plural lǣfaþlǣfdon
Subjunctive
Singular lǣfelǣfde
Plural lǣfenlǣfden
Non-finite forms of læfan
Form
Infinitive lǣfan
Inflected infinitive lǣfenne
Imperative singular lǣf
Imperative plural lǣfaþ
Present participle lǣfende
Past participle lǣfedġelǣfed

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *laibijan (“to leave”). Compare Old Frisian lēva, Old Saxon lēvian, Old High German leiben, Old Norse leifa.

Descendants

leave

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