eldertongue

Old English · verb

pinian

Normalised pīnian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈpiː.ni.ɑn/
Syllables
ˈpiː · ni · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
torture

Meaning

  1. to torment, torture

Conjugation

Conjugation of pinian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular pīniġepīnode
2nd singular pīnastpīnodest
3rd singular pīnaþpīnode
Plural pīniaþpīnodon
Subjunctive
Singular pīniġepīnode
Plural pīniġenpīnoden
Non-finite forms of pinian
Form
Infinitive pīnian
Inflected infinitive pīnienne
Imperative singular pīna
Imperative plural pīniaþ
Present participle pīniende
Past participle pīnodġepīnod

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *pīnōn, ultimately from Latin pēna, from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ).

Descendants

pine

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pinian · CC BY-SA 4.0 licence · Attribution