"celan" meaning in Old English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈkeː.lɑn/
Rhymes: -eː.lɑn Etymology: Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kōlijan. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*kōlijan|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-West Germanic *kōlijan, {{inh+|ang|gmw-pro|*kōlijan}} Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kōlijan Head templates: {{ang-verb|head=cēlan}} cēlan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|cēlan<w1>}} Forms: cēlan [canonical], weak [table-tags], cēlan [infinitive], cēlenne [infinitive], cēle [first-person, present, singular], cēlde [first-person, past, singular], cēlest [present, second-person, singular], cēlst [present, second-person, singular], cēldest [past, second-person, singular], cēleþ [present, singular, third-person], cēlþ [present, singular, third-person], cēlde [past, singular, third-person], cēlaþ [plural, present], cēldon [past, plural], cēle [present, singular], cēlde [past, singular], cēlen [plural, present], cēlden [past, plural], cēl [imperative, past, present, singular], cēlaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], cēlende [imperative, present], cēled [imperative, past], ġecēled [imperative, past], cœ̄lan [alternative]
  1. (transitive) to cool, make cool Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-celan-ang-verb-xCmmFfft Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51
  2. (intransitive) to be cool, become cool Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-celan-ang-verb-xhWH-8h- Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ācēlan, calan, ceald, ċiele, cōl
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      "ipa": "/ˈkeː.lɑn/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkeː.lɑn/"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-eː.lɑn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "celan"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-08-28 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-08-05 using wiktextract (872fc7b and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.