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Old English · verb

stoppian

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 2
IPA: /ˈstop.pi.ɑn/
Syllables: ˈstop · pi · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English: stop aperture

Meaning

to stop
to close (a hole or aperture)

Conjugation

Conjugation of stoppian
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	stoppiġe	stoppode
2nd singular	stoppast	stoppodest
3rd singular	stoppaþ	stoppode
Plural	stoppiaþ	stoppodon
Subjunctive
Singular	stoppiġe	stoppode
Plural	stoppiġen	stoppoden

Non-finite forms of stoppian
	Form
Infinitive	stoppian
Inflected infinitive	stoppienne
Imperative singular	stoppa
Imperative plural	stoppiaþ
Present participle	stoppiende
Past participle	stoppod ġestoppod

All forms (15)

stoppiġe
stoppode
stoppast
stoppodest
stoppaþ
stoppiaþ
stoppodon
stoppiġen
stoppoden
stoppian
stoppienne
stoppa
stoppiende
stoppod
ġestoppod

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn (“to stop, close, push, prick”). Cognate with Old Saxon stuppōn (“to stop up”), Old High German stoffōn, stoppōn (“to stop up”), Old High German stophōn (“to pierce”). More at stump.

Descendants

stop

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