pinian

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *pīnōną, from Latin poena, from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiː.ni.ɑn/

Verb

pīnian

1. to torment, torture

Conjugation

Conjugation of pīnian (weak class 2)

infinitive	pīnian	pīnienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	pīniġe	pīnode
second person singular	pīnast	pīnodest
third person singular	pīnaþ	pīnode
plural	pīniaþ	pīnodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	pīniġe	pīnode
plural	pīniġen	pīnoden
imperative
singular	pīna
plural	pīniaþ
participle	present	past
	pīniende	(ġe)pīnod

Derived terms

• pīnung
• pīnere
• pīnness

Descendants

• Middle English: pinen
  • English: pine
  • Scots: pine

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “pīnian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.