eldertongue

Old English · verb

alettan

Normalised ālettan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ɑːˈlet.tɑn/
Syllables
ɑː · ˈlet · tɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
keeprestrain

Meaning

  1. to keep, restrain from, hinder

Conjugation

Conjugation of alettan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular āletteālette
2nd singular āletstālettest
3rd singular ālettāletālette
Plural ālettaþāletton
Subjunctive
Singular āletteālette
Plural ālettenāletten
Non-finite forms of alettan
Form
Infinitive ālettan
Inflected infinitive ālettenne
Imperative singular ālete
Imperative plural ālettaþ
Present participle ālettende
Past participle āletedālettālet

All forms (13)

Etymology

From ā- + lettan (“to hinder”).

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