hlinian

Old English

Alternative forms

• hleonian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hlinēn, from Proto-Germanic *hlināną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxli.ni.ɑn/, [ˈl̥i.ni.ɑn]

Verb

hlinian

1. to lean, bend, lie down, recline, rest
   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 13, verse 25

     Witodlīce þā hē hlinode ofer ðæs Hǣlendes brēostum, hē cwæð tō him, Drihten, hwæt ys hē?

     Certainly when he leaned over the Healer's (Jesus') breasts, he said to him, Lord, who is he?

Conjugation

Conjugation of hlinian (weak class 2)

infinitive	hlinian	hlinienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	hliniġe	hlinode
second person singular	hlinast	hlinodest
third person singular	hlinaþ	hlinode
plural	hliniaþ	hlinodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	hliniġe	hlinode
plural	hliniġen	hlinoden
imperative
singular	hlina
plural	hliniaþ
participle	present	past
	hliniende	(ġe)hlinod

Derived terms

• ġehlinian
• hliniend
• hlinung
• wiþerhlinian

Related terms

• hlǣnan

Descendants

• Middle English: leonien, lenen
  • Scots: lene, leyn
  • English: lean

References

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