eglan – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of eglan

Infinitive

eġlan
eġlenne

Participles

Presenteġlende
Past(ġe)eġled

Indicative

Present

1st sing.eġle
2nd sing.eġlest
3rd sing.eġleþ
1st plur.eġlaþ
2nd plur.eġlaþ
3rd plur.eġlaþ

Past

1st sing.eġlde; eġlede
2nd sing.eġldest; eġledest
3rd sing.eġlde; eġlede
1st plur.eġldon; eġledon
2nd plur.eġldon; eġledon
3rd plur.eġldon; eġledon

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.eġle
2nd sing.eġle
3rd sing.eġle
1st plur.eġlen
2nd plur.eġlen
3rd plur.eġlen

Past

1st sing.eġlde; eġlede
2nd sing.eġlde; eġlede
3rd sing.eġlde; eġlede
1st plur.eġlden; eġleden
2nd plur.eġlden; eġleden
3rd plur.eġlden; eġleden

Imperative

Singulareġle
Pluraleġlaþ

Verbs conjugated like 'eglan'

eglan,

Verbs similar to 'eglan'

ælan, agalan, agan, alan, began, bellan, calan, cegan, cegean, celan,

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aglijan, from Proto-Germanic *aglijaną (“to trouble, vex”), from Proto-Germanic *agluz (“troublesome, painful, loathsome”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰ-lo-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰ- (“to be afraid, be depressed”). Akin to Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (agljan), Middle Low German egelen (“to annoy”), Old English eġle, Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐍃 (agls, “shameful”). See: Proto-Germanic '*aglijaną'.

Sample Sentences

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