twinclian
Old English edit
Etymology edit
Frequentative of twincan (“to blink, wink”)
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
twinclian
- to twinkle
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of twinclian (weak class 2)
infinitive | twinclian | twinclienne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | twincliġe | twinclode |
second person singular | twinclast | twinclodest |
third person singular | twinclaþ | twinclode |
plural | twincliaþ | twinclodon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | twincliġe | twinclode |
plural | twincliġen | twincloden |
imperative | ||
singular | twincla | |
plural | twincliaþ | |
participle | present | past |
twincliende | (ġe)twinclod |
Descendants edit
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “twinclian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.