clingan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *klinganą.

Verb

clingan

  1. To whither, pine, shrink up, shrink together from heat or cold.
  2. To cling.

Conjugation
Conjugation of clingan (strong class 3)
infinitive clingan tō clingenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular clinge clang
2nd-person singular clingest clunge
3rd-person singular clingeþ clang
plural clingaþ clungon
subjunctive present past
singular clinge clunge
plural clingen clungen
imperative
singular cling
plural clingaþ
participle present past
clingende (ġe)clungen

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • clingan in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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