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Old English · verb

ehtan

Normalised ēhtan

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

Meaning

  1. to chase (+ genitive or accusative)

    God ne ēht nānre wihte, for þȳ hine nān wiht ne mæġ flēon.

    God doesn't chase anything, because nothing can run from him.

    late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy

  2. to persecute (+ genitive or accusative)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ehtan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ēhteēhte
2nd singular ēhtestēhstēhtstēhtest
3rd singular ēhteþēhtēhte
Plural ēhtaþēhton
Subjunctive
Singular ēhteēhte
Plural ēhtenēhten
Non-finite forms of ehtan
Form
Infinitive ēhtan
Inflected infinitive ēhtenne
Imperative singular ēht
Imperative plural ēhtaþ
Present participle ēhtende
Past participle ēhtedġeēhted

All forms (14)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *ą̄htijan (“to pursue, persecute”).

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