geuntrumian
Appearance
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]By surface analysis, ġe- + untrumian
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ġeuntrumian
- (transitive) to weaken, sicken
- (intransitive) to be or become weak or sick
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
- Þā on þām eahteoþan ġēare siþþan hēo abbudisse wæs, hēo wæs ġeuntrumod swā swā hēo ǣr witeġode, swā þæt ān ġeswel wēox on hire swūran myċel under ċynnbane...
- Then on the eighth year since she became abbotess, she was sickened as she had previously predicted, as a large tumor grew on her neck under the chinbone....
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of ġeuntrumian (weak class 2)
infinitive | ġeuntrumian | ġeuntrumienne |
---|---|---|
indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | ġeuntrumiġe | ġeuntrumode |
second person singular | ġeuntrumast | ġeuntrumodest |
third person singular | ġeuntrumaþ | ġeuntrumode |
plural | ġeuntrumiaþ | ġeuntrumodon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | ġeuntrumiġe | ġeuntrumode |
plural | ġeuntrumiġen | ġeuntrumoden |
imperative | ||
singular | ġeuntruma | |
plural | ġeuntrumiaþ | |
participle | present | past |
ġeuntrumiende | ġeuntrumod |
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ge-untrumian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.