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Old English · verb

pleon

Normalised plēon

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 5 Anglian
IPA: /ple͜oːn/
Syllables: ple͜oːn (1 syllable)
Modern English: endanger risk

Meaning

to endanger, risk

Conjugation

Conjugation of pleon
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	plēo	pleah plæh
2nd singular	pliehst plīs plē̆es	plǣge plēge
3rd singular	pliehþ plīþ plē̆eþ	pleah plæh
Plural	plēoþ	plǣgon
Subjunctive
Singular	plēo plē̆e	plǣge plēge
Plural	plēon plēoþ plē̆en	plǣgen plēgun plēgon plēgen

Non-finite forms of pleon
	Form
Infinitive	plēon
Inflected infinitive	plēonne plēon plē̆enne
Imperative singular	pleoh pleh
Imperative plural	plēoþ
Present participle	plēonde plē̆ende
Past participle	pleġen ġepleġen

All forms (28)

plēo
pleah
plæh
pliehst
plīs
plē̆es
plǣge
plēge
pliehþ
plīþ
plē̆eþ
plēoþ
plǣgon
plē̆e
plēon
plē̆en
plǣgen
plēgun
plēgon
plēgen
plēonne
plē̆enne
pleoh
pleh
plēonde
plē̆ende
pleġen
ġepleġen

Etymology

Presumably from Proto-West Germanic *plehan, but ultimate origin unknown. The OED comments "perhaps ult. borrowed from a non-Germanic (substrate) language, although this would be unusual for a strong verb."

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