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Old English · verb

weallan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class VII
IPA
/ˈwæ͜ɑl.lɑn/
[ˈwæ͜ɑɫ.ɫɑn]
Syllables
ˈwæ͜ɑl · lɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
bubbleaboundteem

Meaning

  1. to boil; well, bubble; teem, abound with

  2. to be hot, burn, blaze, rage

    Efne swā hē mid wætre þone weallendan lēġ ādwǣsċe, þæt hē lenġ ne mæġ, blāc byrnende, burgum sċeððan, swā hē mid ælmessan ealle tōsċūfeð synna wunde, sāwla lācnað.

    Likewise he would quench this burning fire with water, so that it, burning bright, could no longer do harm to towns, he fully scatters wounds of sins with an alms, heals souls.

    c. 980, Almsgiving:

Conjugation

Conjugation of weallan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular weallewēoll
2nd singular wielstwēolle
3rd singular wielþwēoll
Plural weallaþwēollon
Subjunctive
Singular weallewēolle
Plural weallenwēollen
Non-finite forms of weallan
Form
Infinitive weallan
Inflected infinitive weallenne
Imperative singular weall
Imperative plural weallaþ
Present participle weallende
Past participle weallenġeweallen

All forms (14)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wallan, from Proto-Germanic *wallaną, whence also Gothic (wulan, “well up, boil over”), Old High German wallan (German wallen), Old Norse vella (“to wall over, boil”) (Danish vælde).

Descendants

wall

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