pullian

Old English

Etymology

Uncertain. Garnett compares Latin vello (“to pluck out, to pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃-. However, compare pluccian (“to pluck, pull out”).

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]
• Rhymes: -ul.li.ɑn

Verb

pullian

1. to pull
2. to pluck

Conjugation

Conjugation of pullian (weak, class 2)

infinitive	pullian	pullienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	pulliġe	pullode
second person singular	pullast	pullodest
third person singular	pullaþ	pullode
plural	pulliaþ	pullodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	pulliġe	pullode
plural	pulliġen	pulloden
imperative
singular	pulla
plural	pulliaþ
participle	present	past
	pulliende	(ġe)pullod

Related terms

• pluccian (possibly)
• plyċċan (possibly)

Descendants

• Middle English: pullen, pule, poule
  • English: pull
  • Scots: pul, pow
  • ⇒ Yola: poulee