Old English · verb

linnan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: strong class III
IPA: /ˈlin.nɑn/
Syllables: ˈlin · nɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: lin cease desist forlet quit ones surrender stop

Meaning

to stop, cease from, desist, quit, forlet
to lose; (ones life) yield up, surrender

Conjugation

Conjugation of linnan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	linne	lann
2nd singular	linst	lunne
3rd singular	linþ	lann
Plural	linnaþ	lunnon
Subjunctive
Singular	linne	lunne
Plural	linnen	lunnen

Non-finite forms of linnan
	Form
Infinitive	linnan
Inflected infinitive	linnenne
Imperative singular	linn
Imperative plural	linnaþ
Present participle	linnende
Past participle	lunnen ġelunnen

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *linnan, from Proto-Germanic *linnaną (“to turn aside, swerve from”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyh₂- (“to deflect, turn away, vanish, slip”). Cognate with Old High German bilinnan (“to yield, stop, forlet, give away”), Old Norse linna (“to stop, rest”), Gothic (aflinnan, “to go away”).

Descendants

lin

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