geswīcan
The usual Old English verb for "stop" in the sense of ceasing is geswīcan. Another common verb is blinnan.
Meaning: not to continue (verb)
Ways to say it
| Old English |
|---|
| geswīcan |
| blinnan |
Both verbs take the thing you stop doing in the genitive case, so the activity follows them as an object rather than as a separate verb.
Did you know?
- The modern English verb 'stop' goes back to Old English forstoppian, which meant to plug or stop up. The sense of ceasing an action only appeared centuries later.
