dreopan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dreupaną (“to hang down, drop”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdreːo̯pɑn/

Verb

drēopan

to drop, drip

Conjugation

Conjugation of drēopan (strong class 2)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	drēopan	tō drēopenne
1st-person singular	drēope	drēap
2nd-person singular	drȳpest	drupe
3rd-person singular	drȳpeþ	drēap
plural	drēopaþ	drupon
subjunctive	present	past
singular	drēope	drupe
plural	drēopen	drupen
imperative
singular	drēop
plural	drēopaþ
participle	present	past
	drēopende	(ġe)dropen

Derived terms

ādrēopan
ġedrēopan

Descendants

Middle English: dreopen, drepen
- Scots: dreep

References

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

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