formeltan
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /forˈmel.tɑn/, [forˈmeɫ.tɑn]
Verb
formeltan (intransitive)
- to melt (completely): melt away, liquify
- to digest (completely)
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Beheading of John the Baptist"
- Sē wītega Iōnas wæs ġehealden unformolten on þæs hwæles innoþe þrēo niht.
- The prophet Jonah survived for three days in the whale's stomach undigested.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Beheading of John the Baptist"
- to be consumed (destroyed completely)
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
- Eall þā clifu þe nēah þǣre sǣ wǣron forburnon tō ascan, and eall þā sċipu formulton þe nēah þām sǣ farendu wǣron.
- All the cliffs that were near the sea burned to ashes, and all the ships that were sailing near the sea were consumed by fire.
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Conjugation
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Derived terms
- formieltan (transitive)
Descendants
- Middle English: formelten
- English: formelt
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