- hléop
- past 3rd sing of hléapan
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
hléop
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Germanic strong verb — In the Germanic languages, a strong verb is one which marks its past tense by means of ablaut. In English, these are verbs like sing, sang, sung. The term strong verb is a translation of German starkes Verb , which was coined by the linguist… … Wikipedia
hléapan — sv/i7 3rd pres hlíepþ past hléop/on ptp is gehléapen to leap, run, go, jump, dance, spring; gehléapan leap upon, mount (a horse) … Old to modern English dictionary
oþhléapan — sv/i7 3rd pres oþhlíepþ past oþhléop/on ptp is oþhléapen to escape … Old to modern English dictionary
leap — {{11}}leap (n.) c.1200, from O.E. hliep, hlyp (W.Saxon), *hlep (Mercian, Northumbrian) a leap, bound, spring, sudden movement; thing to leap from; common Germanic (Cf. O.Fris. hlep, Du. loop, O.H.G. hlouf, Ger. lauf); from the root of LEAP (Cf.… … Etymology dictionary
