pullian

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain. Garnett compares Latin vello (“I pluck out, I pull”).[1]

Cognate with Middle Low German pūlen (“to shell, husk, pluck”), Middle Dutch pōlen (“to shell, husk”), Icelandic púla (“to work hard”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpul.li.ɑn/, [ˈpuɫ.ɫi.ɑn]

Verb[edit]

pullian

  1. to pull
  2. to pluck

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of pullian (weak class 2)
infinitive pullian pullienne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular pulliġe pullode
second person singular pullast pullodest
third person singular pullaþ pullode
plural pulliaþ pullodon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular pulliġe pullode
plural pulliġen pulloden
imperative
singular pulla
plural pulliaþ
participle present past
pulliende (ġe)pullod

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle English: pullen

References[edit]

  1. ^ Garnett, Richard: Philological Essays (etc.) Ed. by His Son, p. 247
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