blíkja I “gleam”

fragmentarily attested

intransitive

active voice
present indicative present subjunctive
1sg ek blík 1pl vér blíkjum 1sg ek blíkja 1pl vér blíkim
2sg þú blíkr 2pl þér blíkið 2sg þú blíkir 2pl þér blíkið
3sg hon blíkr 3pl þau blíkja 3sg hon blíki 3pl þau blíki
preterite indicative preterite subjunctive
1sg ek bleik 1pl vér blikum 1sg ek blika 1pl vér blikim
2sg þú bleikt 2pl þér blikuð 2sg þú blikir 2pl þér blikið
3sg hon bleik 3pl þau bliku 3sg hon bliki 3pl þau bliki
preterite infinitive bliku
past participle f. blikin m. blikinn n. blikit
imperative 2sg blík 1pl blíkjum 2pl blíkið

PG *blīkaną, OE blīcan I, ME blken, Dutch blijken “turn out.” Its rare causative bleikja 1 “bleach” corresponds to OE blǣcan 1, ME blēchen, MnE bleach, Dutch bleken, German bleichen. Preterite singular and past participle forms not attested.

semivowel loss

Corpus search: present active / preterite active

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