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Old English · verb

nacian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈnɑ.ki.ɑn/
Syllables
ˈnɑ · ki · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
nakeundress

Meaning

  1. to strip, strip the clothes off or from; undress

Conjugation

Conjugation of nacian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular naciġenacode
2nd singular nacastnacodest
3rd singular nacaþnacode
Plural naciaþnacodon
Subjunctive
Singular naciġenacode
Plural naciġennacoden
Non-finite forms of nacian
Form
Infinitive nacian
Inflected infinitive nacienne
Imperative singular naca
Imperative plural naciaþ
Present participle naciende
Past participle nacodġenacod

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *nakwōn, from Proto-Germanic *nakwōną (“to strip, bare, make naked”), from Proto-Indo-European *negʷ-, *nogʷ- (“to strip; naked”). See nacod.

Descendants

nake

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