eldertongue

Old English · verb

ateon

Normalised ātēon

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class II
IPA
/ɑːˈte͜oːn/
Syllables
ɑː · ˈte͜oːn (2 syllables)
Modern English
framtalentssomebodyofdrawemploypulldeal

Meaning

  1. to draw, pull, or lead (somebody or something) out or away (from, out of, off, to something) (+ fram, ūt of, of, tō)

    Đā ongunnon ealle ðā nǣddran tō ċēowenne heora flæsċ and heora blōd sucan, þæt hī þæt āttor ūt ātugon

    Then all the snakes began to chew their flesh and suck their blood in order to draw out the venom.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
  2. to draw a weapon

    Sum hǣðen man wolde hine ācwellan mid ātogenum swurde, and sē hālga ālēat, and āstrehte his swūran under ðām scīnendan brande.

    A certain heathen man wanted to kill him with a drawn sword, and the holy man bent down and stretched out his neck under the shining brand.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
  3. to deal with; to treat a person

  4. to deal with; to employ property or talents

  5. to draw to somewhere; to go or come; to make a journey

Conjugation

Conjugation of ateon
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ātēoātēah
2nd singular ātīehstātuge
3rd singular ātīehþātēah
Plural ātēoþātugon
Subjunctive
Singular ātēoātuge
Plural ātēonātugen
Non-finite forms of ateon
Form
Infinitive ātēon
Inflected infinitive ātēonne
Imperative singular ātēoh
Imperative plural ātēoþ
Present participle ātēonde
Past participle ātogen

All forms (13)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *uʀteuhan. By surface analysis, ā- + tēon.

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