Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to boln
Participle: bolned
Gerund: bolning
Indicative
Present
| I | boln |
| you | boln |
| he;she;it | bolns |
| we | boln |
| you | boln |
| they | boln |
Perfect
| I | have bolned |
| you | have bolned |
| he;she;it | has bolned |
| we | have bolned |
| you | have bolned |
| they | have bolned |
Past
| I | bolned |
| you | bolned |
| he;she;it | bolned |
| we | bolned |
| you | bolned |
| they | bolned |
Pluperfect
| I | had bolned |
| you | had bolned |
| he;she;it | had bolned |
| we | had bolned |
| you | had bolned |
| they | had bolned |
Future
| I | will boln |
| you | will boln |
| he;she;it | will boln |
| we | will boln |
| you | will boln |
| they | will boln |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bolned |
| you | will have bolned |
| he;she;it | will have bolned |
| we | will have bolned |
| you | will have bolned |
| they | will have bolned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | boln |
| you | boln |
| he;she;it | boln |
| we | boln |
| you | boln |
| they | boln |
Perfect
| I | have bolned |
| you | have bolned |
| he;she;it | have bolned |
| we | have bolned |
| you | have bolned |
| they | have bolned |
Imperfect
| I | bolned |
| you | bolned |
| he;she;it | bolned |
| we | bolned |
| you | bolned |
| they | bolned |
Pluperfect
| I | had bolned |
| you | had bolned |
| he;she;it | had bolned |
| we | had bolned |
| you | had bolned |
| they | had bolned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would boln |
| you | would boln |
| he;she;it | would boln |
| we | would boln |
| you | would boln |
| they | would boln |
Perfect
| I | would have bolned |
| you | would have bolned |
| he;she;it | would have bolned |
| we | would have bolned |
| you | would have bolned |
| they | would have bolned |
Imperative
| you | boln |
| we | Let's boln |
| you | boln |
Verbs conjugated like 'boln'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'boln'
bold,
bolk,
boll,
bolo,
bolt,
boun,
bald,
bale,
balk,
ball,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English bolnen, bollen, from Old Norse bólgna, from bolginn (“swollen”), past participle of a verb represented by Old English belgan (“to swell”). Compare Swedish bulna (“to swell, be swollen”), Danish bolne (“to swell, be swollen”). Related to belly, bellows. See: Middle English '
bolnen', Swedish '
bulna', Danish '
bolne'.
Sample Sentences
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and when the great raines or water cometh and ſinketh thorow the gravell, and cometh to the earth, then the earth ſwelleth and bolneth, and waxeth ſoft, and with treading, and eſpecially with carriage, the gravel ſinketh and goeth downwards; […] [1523, John Fitzherbert, The boke of husbandry, quoted in Richard Bradley, A Complete Body of Husbandry, published 1727, page 274]
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Se howe this toode bolneth: [1530, John Palsgrave, Lesclarcissement de la langue Francoyse, page 460:]
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For it is better to Sleepe lyttle and somewhat wyth watching to soke away humous, then immoderatly to bolne, swell and therewyth throughly to be cloyed. [1576, Thomas Newton, The Touchstone of Complexions, translating Levinus Lemnius, De habitu et constitutione corporis]