Old English · verb

pipfan

Normalised pīpfan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 1
IPA: /ˈpiːp.fɑn/
Syllables: ˈpiːp · fɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: breathe

Meaning

to breathe, blow

Conjugation

Conjugation of pipfan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	pīpfe	pīpfte
2nd singular	pīpfest pīpfst	pīpftest
3rd singular	pīpfeþ pīpfþ	pīpfte
Plural	pīpfaþ	pīpfton
Subjunctive
Singular	pīpfe	pīpfte
Plural	pīpfen	pīpften

Non-finite forms of pipfan
	Form
Infinitive	pīpfan
Inflected infinitive	pīpfenne
Imperative singular	pīpf
Imperative plural	pīpfaþ
Present participle	pīpfende
Past participle	pīpfed ġepīpfed

All forms (17)

pīpfe
pīpfte
pīpfest
pīpfst
pīpftest
pīpfeþ
pīpfþ
pīpfaþ
pīpfton
pīpfen
pīpften
pīpfan
pīpfenne
pīpf
pīpfende
pīpfed
ġepīpfed

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly related to Proto-West Germanic *pīpan or to Old English pyffan. Alternatively, perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *pīpfijan. Compare also Middle Low German pîven, pîwen (“to blow”).

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