fleardian

Old English

Etymology

By surface analysis, fleard (“fraud, folly”) +‎ -ian (infinitive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflæ͜ɑr.di.ɑn/, [ˈflæ͜ɑrˠ.di.ɑn]

Verb

fleardian

1. to trifle
2. to err

Conjugation

Conjugation of fleardian (weak class 2)

infinitive	fleardian	fleardienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	fleardiġe	fleardode
second person singular	fleardast	fleardodest
third person singular	fleardaþ	fleardode
plural	fleardiaþ	fleardodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	fleardiġe	fleardode
plural	fleardiġen	fleardoden
imperative
singular	flearda
plural	fleardiaþ
participle	present	past
	fleardiende	(ġe)fleardod

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “fleardian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.