Old English · verb

andettan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 1
IPA: /ˈɑn.det.tɑn/
Syllables: ˈɑn · det · tɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English: admit confess recognition acknowledge thanks

Meaning

to admit, confess
to acknowledge

Eala hú rihtlice hí andetton þone halgan geleafan mid þisum wordum, "On frymðe wæs wórd, and þæt word wæs mid Gode, and þæt wórd wæs God"!

O how rightly they acknowledged the holy faith with these words, "In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and that word was God"!
c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Nativity of our Lord"
to give thanks for, praise, give recognition to

Conjugation

Conjugation of andettan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	andette	andette
2nd singular	andetst	andettest
3rd singular	andett andet	andette
Plural	andettaþ	andetton
Subjunctive
Singular	andette	andette
Plural	andetten	andetten

Non-finite forms of andettan
	Form
Infinitive	andettan
Inflected infinitive	andettenne
Imperative singular	andete
Imperative plural	andettaþ
Present participle	andettende
Past participle	andeted andett andet

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *andhaitan, from Proto-Germanic *andahaitaną, equivalent to and- (“against, back”) + hātan (“to command, promise”). Cognate with Old Saxon andhētan (“to teach, vow, promise”), Old High German antheizan (“to declare, pledge, promise”), Gothic (andhaitan, “to acknowledge, confess”).

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