Uncertain. Garnett compares Latin vello (“I pluck out, I pull”).[1]
Cognate with Middle Low German pūlen (“to shell, husk, pluck”), Middle Dutch pōlen (“to shell, husk”), Icelandic púla (“to work hard”).
pullian
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 |