aliefan
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *uʀlaubijan, from Proto-Germanic *uzlaubijaną, equivalent to ā- + līefan (“to grant”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ālīefan
- to allow
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Octaves and Circumcision of our Lord"
- Nis nu ālȳfed cristenum mannum þæt hi þas ymbsnidennysse lichamlice healdan, ac þeah-hwæðere nan man ne bið soðlice cristen, buton he ða ymbsnidennysse on gastlicum ðeawum gehealde.
- It is not now allowed for Christian men to observe circumcision bodily, but, nevertheless, no man is truly a Christian, unless he observe circumcision in spiritual conduct.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Octaves and Circumcision of our Lord"
- to surrender, yield up
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of ālīefan (weak class 1)
infinitive | ālīefan | ālīefenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | ālīefe | ālīefde |
second person singular | ālīefest, ālīefst | ālīefdest |
third person singular | ālīefeþ, ālīefþ | ālīefde |
plural | ālīefaþ | ālīefdon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | ālīefe | ālīefde |
plural | ālīefen | ālīefden |
imperative | ||
singular | ālīef | |
plural | ālīefaþ | |
participle | present | past |
ālīefende | ālīefed |