clingan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *klinganą.

Verb

clingan

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of clingan (strong class 3)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	clingan	tō clingenne
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

āclingan
beclingan
forclingan

Descendants

Middle English: clingen
- English: cling

References

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

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