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Old English · verb

slæpan

Normalised slǣpan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class VII
IPA
/ˈslæː.pɑn/
Syllables
ˈslæː · pɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
sleepesleep

Meaning

  1. to sleep

Conjugation

Conjugation of slæpan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular slǣpeslēpslǣpte
2nd singular slǣpstslēpeslǣptest
3rd singular slǣpþslēpslǣpte
Plural slǣpaþslēponslǣpton
Subjunctive
Singular slǣpeslēpeslǣpte
Plural slǣpenslēpenslǣpten
Non-finite forms of slæpan
Form
Infinitive slǣpan
Inflected infinitive slǣpenne
Imperative singular slǣp
Imperative plural slǣpaþ
Present participle slǣpende
Past participle slǣpenġeslǣpen

All forms (18)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *slāpan. Cognate with Old Frisian slēpa (West Frisian sliepe), Old Saxon slāpan (Low German slapen), Old Dutch slāpan (Dutch slapen), Old High German slāfan (German schlafen), Gothic (slēpan).

Descendants

sleep, sleepe

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