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Old English · verb

reofan

Normalised rēofan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class II
IPA
/ˈre͜oː.fɑn/
[ˈre͜oː.vɑn]
Syllables
ˈre͜oː · fɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
revereaverendripreevetear

Meaning

  1. to tear, rend, rip

Conjugation

Conjugation of reofan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular rēoferēaf
2nd singular rīefstrufe
3rd singular rīefþrēaf
Plural rēofaþrufon
Subjunctive
Singular rēoferufe
Plural rēofenrufen
Non-finite forms of reofan
Form
Infinitive rēofan
Inflected infinitive rēofenne
Imperative singular rēof
Imperative plural rēofaþ
Present participle rēofende
Past participle rofenġerofen

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *reufan, from Proto-Germanic *reufaną. Cognate with Old Norse rjúfa; also distantly cognate to Latin rumpō (“break”).

Descendants

reave, reeve, reve

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