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Old English · verb

alætan

Normalised ālǣtan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class VII
IPA
/ɑːˈlæː.tɑn/
Syllables
ɑː · ˈlæː · tɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
abandonforsakeforgiveslackenpardonrelax

Meaning

  1. to leave, depart, forsake, abandon

  2. to give, deliver, grant

  3. to give up, let go, forgive, pardon

  4. to shed

  5. to die

  6. to let, allow

  7. to slacken, relax

Conjugation

Conjugation of alætan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ālǣteālētāleort
2nd singular ālǣtstālēteāleorte
3rd singular ālǣttālǣtālētāleort
Plural ālǣtaþālētonāleorton
Subjunctive
Singular ālǣteālēteāleorte
Plural ālǣtenālētenāleorten
Non-finite forms of alætan
Form
Infinitive ālǣtan
Inflected infinitive ālǣtenne
Imperative singular ālǣt
Imperative plural ālǣtaþ
Present participle ālǣtende
Past participle ālǣten

All forms (17)

Etymology

From ā- + lǣtan (“to leave”).

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