Old English · verb
aþiestrian
Normalised āþīestrian
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- weak class 2
- IPA
- /ɑːˈθi͜yːs.tri.ɑn/
- Syllables
- ɑː · ˈθi͜yːs · tri · ɑn (4 syllables)
- Modern English
- eclipsedobscured
Meaning
-
to be obscured, eclipsed
An. DCCXCV Hēr wæs sē mōna āþȳstrod betwux hancrēd ⁊ dagunge on V Kƚ Aprilis. ⁊ Eard[wulf] feng tō Norþanhymbra cynedōme on II Iđ Maĩ., and hē wæs syððan ġebletsod ⁊ his cynestōle āhafen on VII Kƚ Iunii on Eoforwīc frām Ēanbalde arċebisċop, ⁊ Æþelberhte ⁊ Hiġebalde ⁊ Badwulfe [bisċeopas].
Year 795 In this year the moon was obscured between the cock's crow and dawn on the fifth of April. And Eardwulf became king of Northumbria on the second of May, and then on the seventh of June his throne was raised and he was blessed in York by Archbishop Eanbald and Bishops Aethelbright, Higebald, and Badwulf.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Conjugation
| Present | Past | |
|---|---|---|
| Indicative | ||
| 1st singular | āþīestriġe | āþīestrode |
| 2nd singular | āþīestrast | āþīestrodest |
| 3rd singular | āþīestraþ | āþīestrode |
| Plural | āþīestriaþ | āþīestrodon |
| Subjunctive | ||
| Singular | āþīestriġe | āþīestrode |
| Plural | āþīestriġen | āþīestroden |
| Form | |
|---|---|
| Infinitive | āþīestrian |
| Inflected infinitive | āþīestrienne |
| Imperative singular | āþīestra |
| Imperative plural | āþīestriaþ |
| Present participle | āþīestriende |
| Past participle | āþīestrod |
All forms (14)
Etymology
By surface analysis, ā- + þīestrian
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