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Old English · verb

æmtian

Normalised ǣmtian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈæːm.ti.ɑn/
Syllables
ˈæːm · ti · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
emptvacantleisure

Meaning

  1. to be at leisure, have time for

  2. to be vacant

Conjugation

Conjugation of æmtian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ǣmtiġeǣmtode
2nd singular ǣmtastǣmtodest
3rd singular ǣmtaþǣmtode
Plural ǣmtiaþǣmtodon
Subjunctive
Singular ǣmtiġeǣmtode
Plural ǣmtiġenǣmtoden
Non-finite forms of æmtian
Form
Infinitive ǣmtian
Inflected infinitive ǣmtienne
Imperative singular ǣmta
Imperative plural ǣmtiaþ
Present participle ǣmtiende
Past participle ǣmtodġeǣmtod

All forms (15)

Etymology

From ǣmta (“leisure”) + -ian.

Descendants

empt

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