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Old English · verb

cnietan

Normalised cnīetan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈkni͜yː.tɑn/
Syllables
ˈkni͜yː · tɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
dispute

Meaning

  1. to dispute

Conjugation

Conjugation of cnietan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular cnīetecnīette
2nd singular cnīetestcnīetstcnīettest
3rd singular cnīeteþcnīettcnīetcnīette
Plural cnīetaþcnīetton
Subjunctive
Singular cnīetecnīette
Plural cnīetencnīetten
Non-finite forms of cnietan
Form
Infinitive cnīetan
Inflected infinitive cnīetenne
Imperative singular cnīet
Imperative plural cnīetaþ
Present participle cnīetende
Past participle cnīetedġecnīeted

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *knautijan, from Proto-Indo-European *gnew-t-n- (“to press”), from *gen- (“to press together, pinch”).

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