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Old English · verb

liþan

Normalised līþan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: strong class I
IPA: /ˈliː.θɑn/
[ˈliː.ðɑn]
Syllables: ˈliː · θɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: lithe

Meaning

to go; pass; travel (especially by water)
to suffer loss

Conjugation

Conjugation of liþan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	līþe	lāþ
2nd singular	līst	lide
3rd singular	līþþ līþ	lāþ
Plural	līþaþ	lidon
Subjunctive
Singular	līþe	lide
Plural	līþen	liden

Non-finite forms of liþan
	Form
Infinitive	līþan
Inflected infinitive	līþenne
Imperative singular	līþ
Imperative plural	līþaþ
Present participle	līþende
Past participle	liden ġeliden

All forms (14)

līþe
lāþ
līst
lide
līþþ
līþ
līþaþ
lidon
līþen
liden
līþan
līþenne
līþende
ġeliden

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *līþan. Cognate with Old Saxon līthan, Old High German līdan, Old Norse líða (Swedish lida), Gothic * (*leiþan).

Descendants

lithe

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