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Old English · verb

lieman

Normalised līeman

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈli͜yː.mɑn/
Syllables
ˈli͜yː · mɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
raysleamemit

Meaning

  1. to emit rays, beam, shine

Conjugation

Conjugation of lieman
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular līemelīemde
2nd singular līemestlīemstlīemdest
3rd singular līemeþlīemþlīemde
Plural līemaþlīemdon
Subjunctive
Singular līemelīemde
Plural līemenlīemden
Non-finite forms of lieman
Form
Infinitive līeman
Inflected infinitive līemenne
Imperative singular līem
Imperative plural līemaþ
Present participle līemende
Past participle līemedġelīemed

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *liuhmijan, from Proto-Germanic *leuhmô (“light, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light; to shine”), equivalent to lēoma + -an. Compare Old Norse ljóma (“to radiate, shine”).

Descendants

leam

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