slepen
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsleː.pə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: sle‧pen
- Rhymes: -eːpən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch slêpen, from Old Dutch *slēpen, from Proto-West Germanic *slaipijan.
Inflection
| Inflection of slepen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | slepen | |||
| past singular | sleepte | |||
| past participle | gesleept | |||
| infinitive | slepen | |||
| gerund | slepen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | sleep | sleepte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | sleept | sleepte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | sleept | sleepte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | sleept | sleepte | ||
| 3rd person singular | sleept | sleepte | ||
| plural | slepen | sleepten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | slepe | sleepte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | slepen | sleepten | ||
| imperative sing. | sleep | |||
| imperative plur.1 | sleept | |||
| participles | slepend | gesleept | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Anagrams
Latvian
Adverb
slepen
- secretly, stealthily, without others knowing or noticing; adverbial form of slepens
- tas gāja saimniekam slepen iepakaļ ― that one went stealthily behind the farmer
- jāieliek krūzē nauda, un jāierok slepen zemē; un tā, lai neviens nezina, kurā kalnā ― the money must be put in a mug, and then buried secretly in the earth, in such a way that nobody knows in which hill (it is buried)
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English slǣpan, from Proto-West Germanic *slāpan, from Proto-Germanic *slēpaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsleːpən/, /ˈslɛːpən/
Verb
slepen (third-person singular simple present slepeth, present participle slepende, slepynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle sleped)
- To sleep; to be sleeping:
- c. 1275, Judas (Roud 2964, Child Ballad 23, Trinity College MS. B.14.39), folio 34, recto, lines 15-16; republished at Cambridge: Wren Digital Library (Trinity College), 29 May 2019:
- Iudaſ go þou on þe roc heie upon the ſton / lei þin heued i my barm, ſlep þou þe anon
- "Judas, get up on the rock, high on the stone, / rest your head on my lap and fall asleep right away!"
- 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ”, in The Tales of Caunt́burẏ (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 2, recto, lines 9-10:
- And smale foweles maken melodye / That slepen al the nyght with open iye
- And small birds make melodies, / sleeping all night with an open eye.
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- (figuratively) To copulate, have intercourse
- (figuratively) To be unused or dormant.
Conjugation
Conjugation of slepen (strong class 7 or weak in -te/-ed)
| infinitive | (to) slepen, slepe | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | slepe | slep, slepte, sleped | |
| 2nd-person singular | slepest | slepe, slep, sleptest, slepedest | |
| 3rd-person singular | slepeth, slepth | slep, slepte, sleped | |
| subjunctive singular | slepe | slepe1, slepte1, sleped1 | |
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural2 | slepen, slepe | slepen, slepe, slepten, slepte, slepeden, slepede | |
| imperative plural | slepeth, slepe | — | |
| participles | slepynge, slepende | (y)slepen, (y)slepe, (y)slept, (y)sleped | |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
References
- “slẹ̄pen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-20.
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