liesan
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *lausijan.
Cognate with Old Saxon lōsian, Dutch lozen, Old High German lōsen (German lösen), Old Norse leysa (Swedish lösa).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
līesan (West Saxon)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of līesan (weak class 1)
infinitive | līesan | līesenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | līese | līesde |
second person singular | līesest, līest | līesdest |
third person singular | līeseþ, līest | līesde |
plural | līesaþ | līesdon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | līese | līesde |
plural | līesen | līesden |
imperative | ||
singular | līes | |
plural | līesaþ | |
participle | present | past |
līesende | (ġe)līesed |
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References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “LĪSAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.