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Old English · verb

ahebban

Normalised āhebban

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 6 Anglian
IPA
/ɑːˈxeb.bɑn/
[ɑːˈheb.bɑn]
Syllables
ɑː · ˈxeb · bɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
fermentupholdlouderelevateheaveexaltpuff

Meaning

  1. to heave or lift up, raise from low to high, elevate, exalt, ferment

  2. to build, erect

  3. to raise, as to make louder

    Eft cwæð se Ælmihtiga to þam witegan Isaiam, "Clypa and ne geswic ðu, āhefe þine stemne swā swā byme, and cyð minum folce heora leahtras, and Iacobes hirede heora synna."

    Again the Almighty spake to the prophet Isaiah, "Cry and cease thou not, raise thy voice as a trumpet, and declare to my people their crimes, and to the family of Jacob their sins."

    c. 992, Ælfric, "Preface"
  4. to bear, support, uphold, give higher worth to, puff up

  5. to remove

  6. to give rise to, raise a laugh,

Conjugation

Conjugation of ahebban
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular āhebbeāhebbuāhōfāhefde
2nd singular āhefstāhefesāhōfeāhefdest
3rd singular āhefþāhefeþāhōfāhefde
Plural āhebbaþāhōfonāhefdon
Subjunctive
Singular āhebbeāhōfeāhefde
Plural āhebbenāhebbaþāhōfenāhefdenāhōfunāhōfon
Non-finite forms of ahebban
Form
Infinitive āhebban
Inflected infinitive āhebbenneāhebbanāhebbanne
Imperative singular āhefe
Imperative plural āhebbaþ
Present participle āhebbende
Past participle āhæfenāhafenāhefenāhefed

All forms (26)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *uʀhabbjan, from Proto-Germanic *uzhabjaną. Equivalent to Compound of ā + hebban. Cognate with Old Saxon āhebbian, Old High German irheven, irheffen (whence German erheben), Gothic (ushafjan).

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