clipian – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of clipian

Infinitive

clipian
clipienne

Participles

Presentclipiende
Past(ġe)clipod

Indicative

Present

1st sing.clipiġe
2nd sing.clipast
3rd sing.clipaþ
1st plur.clipiaþ
2nd plur.clipiaþ
3rd plur.clipiaþ

Past

1st sing.clipode
2nd sing.clipodest
3rd sing.clipode
1st plur.clipodon
2nd plur.clipodon
3rd plur.clipodon

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.clipiġe
2nd sing.clipiġe
3rd sing.clipiġe
1st plur.clipiġen
2nd plur.clipiġen
3rd plur.clipiġen

Past

1st sing.clipode
2nd sing.clipode
3rd sing.clipode
1st plur.clipoden
2nd plur.clipoden
3rd plur.clipoden

Imperative

Singularclipa
Pluralclipiaþ

Verbs conjugated like 'clipian'

cnossian, hwisprian, hwistlian, sagian, sacian, sadian, solian, siwian, sipian, yrsian, myrþrian, fuglian, fundian, fulwian, fullian, leornian, borcian, borgian, beorhtian, wohhian, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *klipēn, *klapēn, from Proto-Germanic *klipjaną, *klapjaną (“to be noisy, chatter”), possibly related to Proto-Germanic *klapōną, *klappōną (“to make a sound”). Cognate with Old Frisian kleppa, klippa (“to sound”). See: Proto-Germanic '*klappōną'.

Verbs referencing "clipian"

English clep.

Sample Sentences

  • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
  • Þū ūs clypast tō ūrunm weġe, and ūs ġelēdest tō þǣre dura and ūs ðā untȳnst,... (Thou callest us back to our way, and leadest us to the door, and openest to us,...)
  • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church, quoting "Circumdederunt me gemitus"
  • Dēaþes ġeōmerunga mē beēodon, and helle sārnyssa mē beēodon, and iċ on mīnre ġedrefednysse Drihten clypode, and hē of his hālgan temple mīne stemne ġehyrde. (The moaning of death surrounded me, and the pains of hell surrounded me, and in my distress I called out to the Lord, and from his holy temple he heard my voice.)

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of clipian