pullian

Old English

Etymology

Uncertain. Garnett compares Latin vello (I pluck out, I pull).[1]

Cognate with Middle Low German pūlen (to shell, husk, pluck), Middle Dutch pōlen (to shell, husk), Icelandic púla (to work hard).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpul.li.ɑn/, [ˈpuɫ.ɫi.ɑn]

Verb

pullian

  1. to pull
  2. to pluck

Conjugation

  • pluccian
  • plyċċan

Descendants

  • Middle English: pullen

References

  1. Garnett, Richard: Philological Essays (etc.) Ed. by His Son, p. 247
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