eldertongue

Old English · verb

breatan

Normalised brēatan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class VII
IPA
/ˈbræ͜ɑː.tɑn/
Syllables
ˈbræ͜ɑː · tɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
demolishbreak

Meaning

  1. to break,

  2. to demolish, destroy

  3. to kill

Conjugation

Conjugation of breatan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular brēatebrēot
2nd singular brīetstbrēote
3rd singular brīettbrīetbrēot
Plural brēataþbrēoton
Subjunctive
Singular brēatebrēote
Plural brēatenbrēoten
Non-finite forms of breatan
Form
Infinitive brēatan
Inflected infinitive brēatenne
Imperative singular brēat
Imperative plural brēataþ
Present participle brēatende
Past participle brēatenġebrēaten

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *brautan, from Proto-Germanic *brautaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewd-. Related to Old Norse breyta, from Proto-Germanic *brautijaną.

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