calan – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of calan

Infinitive

calan
calenne

Participles

Presentcalende
Past(ġe)cælen; (ġe)calen

Indicative

Present

3rd sing.cæleþ; cælþ

Past

3rd sing.cōl

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.cale
2nd sing.cale
3rd sing.cale

Past

1st sing.cōle
2nd sing.cōle
3rd sing.cōle

Imperative

Verbs conjugated like 'calan'

calan,

Verbs similar to 'calan'

alan, calian, celan, galan, acan, ælan, agalan, agan, bacan, capian,

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kalan, from Proto-Germanic *kalaną (“to be cold”). Cognate with Old Norse kala (“to be cold”). See: Proto-Germanic '*kalaną'.

Sample Sentences

  • Mē cælþ. (I'm cold.)
  • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
  • Hwæðer þā welegan nū nǣfre ne hyngre, ne ne þyrste, ne ne cale? (Do rich people never get hungry, or thirsty, or cold?)

Cognates

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