Infinitive
dwelen; to dwelen; dwele
Participles
| Present | dwelynge; dwelende |
| Past | dweled; dwelt; ydweled; ydwelt |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | dwele |
| 2nd sing. | dwelest |
| 3rd sing. | dweleth |
| 1st plur. | dwelen; dwele; dweleth |
| 2nd plur. | dwelen; dwele; dweleth |
| 3rd plur. | dwelen; dwele; dweleth |
Past
| 1st sing. | dweled; dwelede; dwelte |
| 2nd sing. | dweledest; dweltest |
| 3rd sing. | dweled; dwelede; dwelte |
| 1st plur. | dweleden; dweled; dwelede; dwelten; dwelte |
| 2nd plur. | dweleden; dweled; dwelede; dwelten; dwelte |
| 3rd plur. | dweleden; dweled; dwelede; dwelten; dwelte |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | dwele |
| 2nd sing. | dwele |
| 3rd sing. | dwele |
Past
| 1st sing. | dweled; dwelede; dwelte |
| 2nd sing. | dweled; dwelede; dwelte |
| 3rd sing. | dweled; dwelede; dwelte |
Imperative
| Singular | dwele |
| Plural | dweleth; dwele |
Verbs conjugated like dwellen
dwellen,
Etymology
From Old English dwellan (with semantic influence from Old Norse dvelja), from Proto-West Germanic *dwalljan, from Proto-Germanic *dwaljaną. See: Old English '
dwellan', Proto-Germanic '
*dwaljaną'.
Verbs referencing "dwellen"
English
dwell.
Sample Sentences
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¶ Bote Lucıfer louweſt. liȝþ of hem alle. / ffoꝛ pꝛuide þᵗ he put out. his peyne haþ non ende. / And alle þᵗ wrong woꝛchen. wende þei schulen / After heoꝛe deþ day. and dwellen wᵗ þat schrewe. (And Lucifer lies the lowest of all of them, / due to the pride he displayed, his pain is unending; / and anyone who commits wrongdoing will go / after their dying day and dwell with that devil.) [c. 1370, [William Langland], “[Passus 1]”, in Petrus plowmon (V, A-text), Worcestershire, published c. 1390, folio 395, verso, column 1; republished as Bodleian Library MS. Eng. poet. a. 1, Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 10 January 2019:]
Cognates
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