hlinian

== Old English == === Alternative forms === hleonian === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *hlinēn, from Proto-Germanic *hlināną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxli.ni.ɑn/, [ˈl̥i.ni.ɑn] === Verb === hlinian to lean, bend, lie down, recline, rest c. 990, Wessex Gospels, "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 13, verse 25 ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ġehlinian hliniend hlinung wiþerhlinian ==== Related terms ==== hlǣnan ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: leonien, lenen Scots: lene, leyn English: lean === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hlinian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.