Old English · verb
ripian
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- weak class 2
- IPA
- /ˈri.pi.ɑn/
- Syllables
- ˈri · pi · ɑn (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- ripen
Meaning
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to ripen
Tēoh ðū forð rēnsċūras, ġif ðū miht, and ġewætera ðīne æceras. Ġif ðū mage, dō þæt sunne sċīne, þæt ðīne æceras ripion.
Draw forth rainshowers, if you can, and water your fields. If you can, make the sun shine, so that your fields ripen.
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Conjugation
All forms (15)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *rīpēn, equivalent to rīpe (“ripe”) + -ian
Descendants
ripen
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