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Old English · verb

nipan

Normalised nīpan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: strong class I
IPA: /ˈniː.pɑn/
Syllables: ˈniː · pɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: darken

Meaning

to grow dark, darken

hrēo hæġlfare · hæleþum on andan.

night-shade darkens, sends from the north a heartless hail-march to the men in wrath.
nīpeð nihtsċūa, · norþan onsendeð

Conjugation

Conjugation of nipan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	nīpe	nāp
2nd singular	nīpst	nipe
3rd singular	nīpþ	nāp
Plural	nīpaþ	nipon
Subjunctive
Singular	nīpe	nipe
Plural	nīpen	nipen

Non-finite forms of nipan
	Form
Infinitive	nīpan
Inflected infinitive	nīpenne
Imperative singular	nīp
Imperative plural	nīpaþ
Present participle	nīpende
Past participle	nipen ġenipen

All forms (14)

nīpe
nāp
nīpst
nipe
nīpþ
nīpaþ
nipon
nīpen
nipen
nīpan
nīpenne
nīp
nīpende
ġenipen

Etymology

Uncertain. Has been connected with Lithuanian niáukti (“to become overcast, gloomy”), via a hypothetical English pre-form *(kʷ)niaukʷ-; however, this is rather ad hoc.

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