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Old English · verb

sylian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈsy.li.ɑn/
Syllables
ˈsy · li · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
sullypollutesoil

Meaning

  1. to sully, soil, pollute, defile

Conjugation

Conjugation of sylian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular syliesylede
2nd singular sylestsyledest
3rd singular syleþsylede
Plural syliaþsyledon
Subjunctive
Singular syliesylede
Plural syliensyleden
Non-finite forms of sylian
Form
Infinitive sylian
Inflected infinitive sylienne
Imperative singular syle
Imperative plural syliaþ
Present participle syliende
Past participle syledġesyled

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sulwijōn, a variant of *sulwijan (“to make or become dirty; to sully”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (“thick liquid, muck”).

Descendants

sully

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