Old English · verb

þennan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 1
IPA: /ˈθen.nɑn/
Syllables: ˈθen · nɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: exert overthrow prostrate extend

Meaning

to stretch; stretch out; spread out; extend

Ðænne ðone swiðran earm swa he swiþast mæge

Let him stretch out his right arm as hard as he can.
to bend; draw
to prostrate; overthrow
to exert oneself; make an effort; strain

Conjugation

Conjugation of þennan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	þenne	þenede
2nd singular	þenest	þenedest
3rd singular	þeneþ	þenede
Plural	þennaþ	þenedon
Subjunctive
Singular	þenne	þenede
Plural	þennen	þeneden

Non-finite forms of þennan
	Form
Infinitive	þennan
Inflected infinitive	þennenne
Imperative singular	þene
Imperative plural	þennaþ
Present participle	þennende
Past participle	þened ġeþened

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þanjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch”). Germanic cognates include Old Saxon þennian, Old High German dennen (German dehnen), Old Norse þenja (Norwegian tenja). Indo-European cognates are Sanskrit तनोति (tanóti), Greek τείνω (teíno), Latin tendō (all three meaning “to stretch; extend”), Latin teneō (“to hold; grasp”), Welsh tant (“string of a musical instrument”), Breton ardant (“[nautical] toggle”), Russian тенёто (tenjóto, “net trap for rabbits etc.”), and Lithuanian ti̇̀nti (“to swell; bloat”).

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