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Old English · verb

fetian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈfe.ti.ɑn/
Syllables
ˈfe · ti · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
fetinducefetch

Meaning

  1. to fetch, bring near

  2. to obtain, acquire; to induce, bring on

  3. to marry, fetch (a wife)

Conjugation

Conjugation of fetian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular fetiġefetodefetedefette
2nd singular fetastfetodestfetedestfettest
3rd singular fetaþfetodefetedefette
Plural fetiaþfetodon
Subjunctive
Singular fetiġefetodefetedefette
Plural fetiġenfetiaþfetodenfetedonfetedenfettonfetten
Non-finite forms of fetian
Form
Infinitive fetian
Inflected infinitive fetiennefetian
Imperative singular feta
Imperative plural fetiaþ
Present participle fetiende
Past participle fetodġefetod

All forms (23)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fatōn, from Proto-Germanic *fatōną, *fatjaną (“to fetch”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“foot”). Cognate with Old Frisian fatia (“to fetch”), Old High German fazzōn (“to touch, grasp”) (German fassen), Old Norse fata, feta (“to go, step”) (Icelandic feta). More at foot.

Descendants

fet

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