Infinitive
slepen; to slepen; slepe
Participles
| Present | slepende; slepynge |
| Past | sleped; slepen; yslepen; slepe; yslepe; slept; yslept; ysleped |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | slepe |
| 2nd sing. | slepest |
| 3rd sing. | slepeth; slepth |
| 1st plur. | slepen; slepe; slepeth |
| 2nd plur. | slepen; slepe; slepeth |
| 3rd plur. | slepen; slepe; slepeth |
Past
| 1st sing. | sleped; slep; slepte; slepede |
| 2nd sing. | slepe; sleptest; slepedest |
| 3rd sing. | sleped; slep; slepte; slepede |
| 1st plur. | slepen; slepe; slepten; slepte; slepeden; sleped; slepede |
| 2nd plur. | slepen; slepe; slepten; slepte; slepeden; sleped; slepede |
| 3rd plur. | slepen; slepe; slepten; slepte; slepeden; sleped; slepede |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | slepe |
| 2nd sing. | slepe |
| 3rd sing. | slepe |
Past
| 1st sing. | slepe; slepte; sleped; slepede |
| 2nd sing. | slepe; slepte; sleped; slepede |
| 3rd sing. | slepe; slepte; sleped; slepede |
Imperative
| Singular | slepe |
| Plural | slepeth; slepe |
Verbs conjugated like slepen
slepen,
Etymology
From Old English slǣpan, from Proto-West Germanic *slāpan, from Proto-Germanic *slēpaną. See: Proto-Germanic '
*slēpaną'.
Verbs referencing "slepen"
English
sleep.
Sample Sentences
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Iudaſ go þou on þe roc heie upon the ſton / lei þin heued i my barm, ſlep þou þe anon ("Judas, get up on the rock, high on the stone, / rest your head on my lap and fall asleep right away!") [c. 1275, Judas (Roud 2964, Child Ballad 23, Trinity College MS. B.14.39), folio 34, recto, lines 15-16; republished at Cambridge: Wren Digital Library (Trinity College), 29 May 2019:]
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For Nature wolde nat ſuffyſe / To non erthly creature / Not longe tyme to endure / Without ſlepe & be yn ſorwe / And I ne may ne nyght ne morwe / Slepe […] (For Nature will not allow / Any earthly creature / To survive for long / Without sleep, and sorrowing; / And yet I cannot, by night or morning, / Sleep, […]) [c. 1368, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Book of the Duchess, as recorded c. 1450–1475 in Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 638, folio 110v]
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And smale foweles maken melodye / That slepen al the nyght with open iye (And small birds make melodies, / sleeping all night with an open eye.) [1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 2, recto, lines 9-10:]
Cognates
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