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Old English · verb

tilian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈti.li.ɑn/
Syllables
ˈti · li · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
tillobtain

Meaning

  1. to obtain

  2. to strive

    ond þonne ġeþenċan · hū wē þider cumen, ond wē þonne ēac tilien, · þæt wē tō mōten in þā ēċan · ēadiġnesse, þǣr is līf ġelong · in lufan dryhtnes, hyht in heofonum.

    Let’s wonder where we would have home, and then think how we would come thither, and then we would also strive so that we would be let in the everlasting bliss too where live is along in love of the Lord, the hope on heavens.

    Uton wē hyċġan · hwǣr sē hām āgen,
  3. to provide for

Conjugation

Conjugation of tilian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular tiliġetilode
2nd singular tilasttilodest
3rd singular tilaþtilode
Plural tiliaþtilodon
Subjunctive
Singular tiliġetilode
Plural tiliġentiloden
Non-finite forms of tilian
Form
Infinitive tilian
Inflected infinitive tiliennetilianne
Imperative singular tila
Imperative plural tiliaþ
Present participle tiliende
Past participle tilodġetilod

All forms (16)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tilōną, whence also Old High German zilōn.

Descendants

till

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