Old English · verb

pullian

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 2
IPA: /ˈpul.li.ɑn/
[ˈpuɫ.ɫi.ɑn]
Syllables: ˈpul · li · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English: pull

Meaning

to pull
to pluck

Conjugation

Conjugation of pullian
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	pulliġe	pullode
2nd singular	pullast	pullodest
3rd singular	pullaþ	pullode
Plural	pulliaþ	pullodon
Subjunctive
Singular	pulliġe	pullode
Plural	pulliġen	pulloden

Non-finite forms of pullian
	Form
Infinitive	pullian
Inflected infinitive	pullienne
Imperative singular	pulla
Imperative plural	pulliaþ
Present participle	pulliende
Past participle	pullod ġepullod

Etymology

Uncertain. Garnett compares Latin vello (“to pluck out, to pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃-. However, compare pluccian (“to pluck, pull out”). Cognate with Middle Low German pūlen (“to shell, husk, pluck”), Middle Dutch pōlen (“to shell, husk”), Icelandic púla (“to work hard”).

Descendants

pull

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