wlispen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• lipse, lypse, lyspyn, whlispen, wlepsen, wlispin

Etymology

From Old English *wlispian, from wlisp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈ(w)lispən/, /ˈ(w)lipsən/

Verb

wlispen

1. To lisp; to speak with lisping.

Conjugation

Conjugation of wlispen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) wlispen
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	wlispe	wlisped
2nd-person singular	wlispest	wlispedest
3rd-person singular	wlispeth	wlisped
subjunctive singular	wlispe
imperative singular		—
plural1	wlispen, wlispe	wlispeden, wlispede
imperative plural	wlispeth, wlispe	—
participles	wlispynge, wlispende	wlisped

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: lisp
• Scots: lisp (obsolete wlisp)

References

• “wlispen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.