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Old English · verb

styfan

Normalised stȳfan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈstyː.fɑn/
[ˈstyː.vɑn]
Syllables
ˈstyː · fɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
bluntenstumpyloptrim

Meaning

  1. to blunten, make short or stumpy

  2. to lop off, trim

Conjugation

Conjugation of styfan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular stȳfestȳfde
2nd singular stȳfeststȳfststȳfdest
3rd singular stȳfeþstȳfþstȳfde
Plural stȳfaþstȳfdon
Subjunctive
Singular stȳfestȳfde
Plural stȳfenstȳfden
Non-finite forms of styfan
Form
Infinitive stȳfan
Inflected infinitive stȳfenne
Imperative singular stȳf
Imperative plural stȳfaþ
Present participle stȳfende
Past participle stȳfedġestȳfed

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stūbijan, from Proto-Germanic *stūbijaną (“to blunten, lop off”), from Proto-Germanic *stūbaz (“stump”).

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