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Old English · verb

abregdan

Normalised ābreġdan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: strong class III
IPA: /ɑːˈbrej.dɑn/
Syllables: ɑː · ˈbrej · dɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English: abraid take away drag

Meaning

to move quickly
to drag, snatch, draw
to raise
to remove, take away
to pull, open
to change

Conjugation

Conjugation of abregdan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	ābreġde	ābræġd ābrǣd
2nd singular	ābreġdest	ābrugde
3rd singular	ābreġdeþ	ābræġd ābrǣd
Plural	ābreġdaþ	ābrugdon
Subjunctive
Singular	ābreġde	ābrugde
Plural	ābreġden	ābrugden

Non-finite forms of abregdan
	Form
Infinitive	ābreġdan
Inflected infinitive	ābreġdenne
Imperative singular	ābreġd
Imperative plural	ābreġdaþ
Present participle	ābreġdende
Past participle	ābrogden

All forms (15)

ābreġde
ābræġd
ābrǣd
ābreġdest
ābrugde
ābreġdeþ
ābreġdaþ
ābrugdon
ābreġden
ābrugden
ābreġdan
ābreġdenne
ābreġd
ābreġdende
ābrogden

Etymology

From ā- + breġdan (“to move”).

Descendants

abraid

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