Old English · verb

melcan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: strong class III
IPA: /ˈmel.kɑn/
[ˈmeɫ.kɑn]
Syllables: ˈmel · kɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: milk

Meaning

to milk

Conjugation

Conjugation of melcan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	melce	mealc
2nd singular	milcst	mulce
3rd singular	milcþ	mealc
Plural	melcaþ	mulcon
Subjunctive
Singular	melce	mulce
Plural	melcen	mulcen

Non-finite forms of melcan
	Form
Infinitive	melcan
Inflected infinitive	melcenne
Imperative singular	melc
Imperative plural	melcaþ
Present participle	melcende
Past participle	molcen ġemolcen

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *melkan, from Proto-Germanic *melkaną. Related to Old Frisian melka, Old Saxon *melkan, Old Dutch *melkan, Old High German melkan. Note that this is the original form, as *e and *i before *l did not break unless *h followed: thus the alternative form meolcan has its diphthong by analogy with the noun meolc, which has its diphthong from back umlaut.

Descendants

milk

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