puslian

Old English

Etymology

Apparently from Proto-West Germanic *pus(a)lōn (“to work on, belabour, toil over, exert; fiddle or tinker with; pick (at)”), whence also Middle Dutch pueselen (“to trifle, feel, touch, pick at, nibble”). Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *pus- (“to wheeze, breathe hard, pant, be exhausted”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, inflate, swell”). If so, related to Old English ġeposu (“headcold”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpus.li.ɑn/, [ˈpuz.li.ɑn]

Verb

puslian

  1. to pick out the best bits, cull, select

Conjugation

Conjugation of puslian (weak, class 2)
infinitive puslian puslienne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular pusliġe puslode
second person singular puslast puslodest
third person singular puslaþ puslode
plural pusliaþ puslodon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular pusliġe puslode
plural pusliġen pusloden
imperative
singular pusla
plural pusliaþ
participle present past
pusliende (ġe)puslod

Descendants

  • Middle English: *puslen
    • >? English: puzzle
      • → Dutch: puzzelen
        • → West Frisian: puzzelje
    • Scots: pousle, pouzle, poozle (“to trifle; poke or potter around aimlessly; search about with uncertainty”)
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