astiellan

Old English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From ā- +‎ stiellan (“leap”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑːˈsti͜yl.lɑn/, [ɑːˈsti͜yɫ.ɫɑn]

Verb

āstiellan (Early West Saxon)

  1. to leap off, rush
    • Anglo-Saxon Life of St. Guthlac 68.22:[1]
      Ha þa sona se ylca þorn, efne swa swa stræl of bogan astelleþ, swa he of þam man afleah, and on þa fyrle gewat
      • 1848 translation by Charles Wycliffe Goodwin
        and lo! this same thorn, as an arrow speeds from the bow, so did it fly from the man, and go to a distance
    • Anglo-Saxon version of Gregory’s Dialogues 21.28:[2]
      þa hraþe astylde of his ræste
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of āstiellan (weak, class 1)
infinitive āstiellan āstiellenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular āstielle āstielde
second person singular āstiellest, āstielst āstieldest
third person singular āstielleþ, āstielþ āstielde
plural āstiellaþ āstieldon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular āstielle āstielde
plural āstiellen āstielden
imperative
singular āstiell
plural āstiellaþ
participle present past
āstiellende āstielled

References

  1. ^ Goodwin, Charles Wycliffe (1848), The Anglo-Saxon version of the life of St. Guthlac, hermit of Crowland, page 68
  2. ^ Übersetzung der Dialoge Gregors des grossen..., 1900, page 21

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