mælan
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *maþlijaną. Cognate to Old Saxon mahlian and mahlon, Old Dutch malthon, Old High German mahalen. See also maþelian
Pronunciation
Verb
mǣlan
- to speak
Conjugation
Conjugation of mǣlan (weak class 1)
infinitive | mǣlan | mǣlenne |
---|---|---|
indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | mǣle | mǣlde |
second person singular | mǣlest, mǣlst | mǣldest |
third person singular | mǣleþ, mǣlþ | mǣlde |
plural | mǣlaþ | mǣldon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | mǣle | mǣlde |
plural | mǣlen | mǣlden |
imperative | ||
singular | mǣl | |
plural | mǣlaþ | |
participle | present | past |
mǣlende | (ġe)mǣled |
Descendants
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “mǽlan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.