melcan
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *melkan, from Proto-Germanic *melkaną. Related to Old Frisian melka, Old Saxon *melkan, Old Dutch *melkan, Old High German melkan. Note that this is the original form, as *e and *i before *l did not break unless *h followed[1]: thus the alternative form meolcan has its diphthong by analogy with the noun meolc, which has its diphthong from back umlaut.
Pronunciation
Verb
melcan
- to milk
Conjugation
| infinitive | melcan | melcenne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
| first person singular | melce | mealc |
| second person singular | milcst | mulce |
| third person singular | milcþ | mealc |
| plural | melcaþ | mulcon |
| subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
| singular | melce | mulce |
| plural | melcen | mulcen |
| imperative | ||
| singular | melc | |
| plural | melcaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| melcende | (ġe)molcen | |
Conjugation of melcan (strong class 3)
Related terms
Descendants
References
- Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 186
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