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
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to heave or lift up, raise from low to high, elevate, exalt, ferment
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to build, erect
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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" -
to bear, support, uphold, give higher worth to, puff up
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to remove
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to give rise to, raise a laugh,
Conjugation
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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