Old English · verb
wlitigian
Normalised wlitiġian
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- weak class 2
- IPA
- /ˈwli.ti.ji.ɑn/
- Syllables
- ˈwli · ti · ji · ɑn (4 syllables)
- Modern English
- became
Meaning
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to became or make beautiful
Bearwas blōstmum nimað, byriġ fæġriað, wongas wlitiġað, woruld ōnetteð. Ealle þā ġemoniað mōdes fūsne sefan tō sīþe, þām þe swā þenċeð on flōdwegas, feor ġewītað.
Groves bloom with bloomers, towns blossom, fields grow fair, the world goes forth. These things drive the keen heart of mind on the way, whom thinks so on seaways, set out far away.
10th century, The Seafarer:
Conjugation
| Present | Past | |
|---|---|---|
| Indicative | ||
| 1st singular | wlitiġiġe | wlitiġode |
| 2nd singular | wlitiġast | wlitiġodest |
| 3rd singular | wlitiġaþ | wlitiġode |
| Plural | wlitiġiaþ | wlitiġodon |
| Subjunctive | ||
| Singular | wlitiġiġe | wlitiġode |
| Plural | wlitiġiġen | wlitiġoden |
| Form | |
|---|---|
| Infinitive | wlitiġian |
| Inflected infinitive | wlitiġienne |
| Imperative singular | wlitiġa |
| Imperative plural | wlitiġiaþ |
| Present participle | wlitiġiende |
| Past participle | wlitiġodġewlitiġod |
All forms (15)
Etymology
Related to wlitiġ (“fairsome, beautiful”) and wlite (“beauty”).
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