eldertongue

Old English · verb

betynan

Normalised betȳnan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/beˈtyː.nɑn/
Syllables
be · ˈtyː · nɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
betineconcludefinish

Meaning

  1. to shut, shut up, close, enclose, hedge in

  2. to end, finish, conclude

Conjugation

Conjugation of betynan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular betȳnebetȳnde
2nd singular betȳnestbetȳnstbetȳndest
3rd singular betȳneþbetȳnþbetȳnde
Plural betȳnaþbetȳndon
Subjunctive
Singular betȳnebetȳnde
Plural betȳnenbetȳnden
Non-finite forms of betynan
Form
Infinitive betȳnan
Inflected infinitive betȳnenne
Imperative singular betȳn
Imperative plural betȳnaþ
Present participle betȳnende
Past participle betȳned

All forms (16)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bitūnijan; cognate with Old High German bizūnen. By surface analysis, be + tȳnan.

Descendants

betine

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · en.wiktionary.org/wiki/betynan · CC BY-SA 4.0 licence · Attribution