genipan

Old English

Etymology

By surface analysis, ġe- +‎ nīpan or ġenīp +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈniː.pɑn/

Verb

ġenīpan

1. to darken, become dark
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Hwǣr cōm mearg? Hwǣr cōm mago? · Hwǣr cōm māþþumġyfa?
     Hwǣr cōm symbla ġesetu? · Hwǣr sindon seledrēamas?
     Ēalā beorht bune! · Ēalā byrnwiga!
     Ēalā þēodnes þrym! · Hū sēo þrāg ġewāt,
     ġenāp under nihthelm, · swā hēo nō wære.

     Whither did the horse come? Whither did the man come? Whither did the treasure-giver come?
     Whither did the seats of feasts come? Where are the hall-joys?
     Alack and alas, bright cup! Alack and alas, mailed warrior!
     Alack and alas, the army of the king! How did the time pass,
     grow dark under the cover of night, as if it never did.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġenīpan (strong class 1)

infinitive	ġenīpan	ġenīpenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġenīpe	ġenāp
second person singular	ġenīpst	ġenipe
third person singular	ġenīpþ	ġenāp
plural	ġenīpaþ	ġenipon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġenīpe	ġenipe
plural	ġenīpen	ġenipen
imperative
singular	ġenīp
plural	ġenīpaþ
participle	present	past
	ġenīpende	ġenipen

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ge-nípan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.