sylian

Old English

Alternative forms

• sulian, selian

Etymology

From the fusion of Proto-West Germanic *sulwōn and its progenitor, Proto-West Germanic *sulwijan (“to make or become dirty; to sully”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (“thick liquid, muck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsy.li.ɑn/

Verb

sylian

1. to sully, soil, pollute, defile

Usage notes

• Though a class 2 weak verb, it is conjugated with -ed-, -ed, similar to weak class 1.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sylian (weak class 1)

infinitive	sylian	sylienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	sylie	sylede
second person singular	sylest	syledest
third person singular	syleþ	sylede
plural	syliaþ	syledon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	sylie	sylede
plural	sylien	syleden
imperative
singular	syle
plural	syliaþ
participle	present	past
	syliende	(ġe)syled

Synonyms

• solian
• *solgian

Descendants

• Middle English: sulen, sulien
  • English: sully

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sylian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.