hleapan – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of hleapan

Infinitive

hlēapan
hlēapenne

Participles

Presenthlēapende
Past(ġe)hlēapen

Indicative

Present

1st sing.hlēape
2nd sing.hlīepst
3rd sing.hlīepþ
1st plur.hlēapaþ
2nd plur.hlēapaþ
3rd plur.hlēapaþ

Past

1st sing.hlēop
2nd sing.hlēope
3rd sing.hlēop
1st plur.hlēopon
2nd plur.hlēopon
3rd plur.hlēopon

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.hlēape
2nd sing.hlēape
3rd sing.hlēape
1st plur.hlēapen
2nd plur.hlēapen
3rd plur.hlēapen

Past

1st sing.hlēope
2nd sing.hlēope
3rd sing.hlēope
1st plur.hlēopen
2nd plur.hlēopen
3rd plur.hlēopen

Imperative

Singularhlēap
Pluralhlēapaþ

Verbs conjugated like 'hleapan'

hleapan,

Verbs similar to 'hleapan'

behleapan, heawan, helpan, hladan, hlehhan, hlemman, hleotan, hreppan, slapan, aheawan,

Etymology

1. From Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan.
2. Cognate with Old Frisian hlāpa, Old Saxon hlōpan, Old High German loufan, Old Norse hlaupa, Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌰𐌽 (ushlaupan). See: Old High German 'loufan'.

Sample Sentences

  • Hlēap ofer þæt ġeat! (Jump over that gate!)
  • late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Beheading of St. John the Baptist"
  • Hērōdēs swōr þæt hē wolde þǣre hlēapendan dehter forġiefan swā hwæt swā hēo bæd. (Herod swore that he would give the dancing daughter whatever she asked.)

Cognates

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