stempan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stampijan, possibly from Proto-Germanic *stampijaną (“to compress, squeeze, stamp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstem.pɑn/

Verb

stempan

1. to stamp or stomp

Conjugation

Conjugation of stempan (weak class 1)

infinitive	stempan	stempenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	stempe	stempte
second person singular	stempest, stempst	stemptest
third person singular	stempeþ, stempþ	stempte
plural	stempaþ	stempton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	stempe	stempte
plural	stempen	stempten
imperative
singular	stemp
plural	stempaþ
participle	present	past
	stempende	(ġe)stemped

Descendants

• Middle English: stampen, staumpe, stompe
  • English: stamp
  • Yola: stampe

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “stempan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Old English to Modern English Translator