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Old English · verb

aniedan

Normalised ānīedan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ɑːˈni͜yː.dɑn/
Syllables
ɑː · ˈni͜yː · dɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
beat backconstrainrepel

Meaning

  1. to force

    ...hīe fram his magum ǣr mid unryhte ānīdde wǣrun.

    ...they had previously been unjustly forced from their kinsmen.

    The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

  2. to restrain, constrain

  3. to repel, beat back

Conjugation

Conjugation of aniedan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ānīedeānīedde
2nd singular ānīedestānīetstānīeddest
3rd singular ānīedeþānīettānīetānīedde
Plural ānīedaþānīeddon
Subjunctive
Singular ānīedeānīedde
Plural ānīedenānīedden
Non-finite forms of aniedan
Form
Infinitive ānīedan
Inflected infinitive ānīedenne
Imperative singular ānīed
Imperative plural ānīedaþ
Present participle ānīedende
Past participle ānīeded

All forms (17)

Etymology

By surface analysis, ā- + nīedan

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