blæstan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *blēstijan, from Proto-Germanic *blēstijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblæːs.tɑn/

Verb

blǣstan

1. to blow
2. to rush, "move impetuously"

Conjugation

Conjugation of blǣstan (weak, class 1)

infinitive	blǣstan	blǣstenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	blǣste	blǣste
second person singular	blǣstest, blǣst	blǣstest
third person singular	blǣsteþ, blǣst	blǣste
plural	blǣstaþ	blǣston
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	blǣste	blǣste
plural	blǣsten	blǣsten
imperative
singular	blǣst
plural	blǣstaþ
participle	present	past
	blǣstende	(ġe)blǣsted

Descendants

• Middle English: blasten, blaste, blesten
  • English: blast
  • Scots: blast

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “blǽstan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.