Old English · verb

meltan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: strong class III
IPA: /ˈmel.tɑn/
[ˈmeɫ.tɑn]
Syllables: ˈmel · tɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: melt molten digest consumed flames destroyed

Meaning

to melt
to digest
to be consumed (for example, by flames); to be destroyed completely

Conjugation

Conjugation of meltan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	melte	mealt
2nd singular	milst miltst	multe
3rd singular	milt	mealt
Plural	meltaþ	multon
Subjunctive
Singular	melte	multe
Plural	melten	multen

Non-finite forms of meltan
	Form
Infinitive	meltan
Inflected infinitive	meltenne
Imperative singular	melt
Imperative plural	meltaþ
Present participle	meltende
Past participle	molten ġemolten

All forms (16)

melte
mealt
milst
miltst
multe
milt
meltaþ
multon
melten
multen
meltan
meltenne
melt
meltende
molten
ġemolten

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld-der. Proto-Germanic *meltaną Proto-West Germanic *meltan Old English meltan From Proto-West Germanic *meltan, from Proto-Germanic *meltaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“to beat, crush, grind”).

Descendants

melt, molten

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