Old English · verb

puslian

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 2
IPA: /ˈpus.li.ɑn/
[ˈpuz.li.ɑn]
Syllables: ˈpus · li · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English: puzzle cull bits best pick select

Meaning

to pick out the best bits, cull, select

Conjugation

Conjugation of puslian
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	pusliġe	puslode
2nd singular	puslast	puslodest
3rd singular	puslaþ	puslode
Plural	pusliaþ	puslodon
Subjunctive
Singular	pusliġe	puslode
Plural	pusliġen	pusloden

Non-finite forms of puslian
	Form
Infinitive	puslian
Inflected infinitive	puslienne
Imperative singular	pusla
Imperative plural	pusliaþ
Present participle	pusliende
Past participle	puslod ġepuslod

Etymology

Apparently from Proto-West Germanic *pus(a)lōn (“to work on, belabour, toil over, exert; fiddle or tinker with; pick (at)”), whence also Middle Dutch pueselen (“to trifle, feel, touch, pick at, nibble”). Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *pus- (“to wheeze, breathe hard, pant, be exhausted”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, inflate, swell”). If so, related to Old English ġeposu (“headcold”).

Descendants

puzzle

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