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

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	wlisped
imperative singular	wlispe	—

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.

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