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Old English · verb

dihtan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈdix.tɑn/
[ˈdiç.tɑn]
Syllables
ˈdix · tɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
dightdictatedirect

Meaning

  1. to dictate, direct

  2. to compose (a piece of writing)

Conjugation

Conjugation of dihtan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular dihtedihte
2nd singular dihtestdihstdihtstdihtest
3rd singular dihteþdihtdihte
Plural dihtaþdihton
Subjunctive
Singular dihtedihte
Plural dihtendihten
Non-finite forms of dihtan
Form
Infinitive dihtan
Inflected infinitive dihtenne
Imperative singular diht
Imperative plural dihtaþ
Present participle dihtende
Past participle dihtedġedihted

All forms (14)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dihtijan (“to order, instruct”). Equivalent to diht (“order, instruction”) + -an.

Descendants

dight

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