Old English · noun
forþgewiten tid
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- IPA
- /forθ.jeˈwi.ten tiːd/[forˠð.jeˈwi.ten tiːd]
- Syllables
- forθ · je · ˈwi · ten · tiːd (5 syllables)
- Modern English
- past tense
Meaning
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(past)past tense
Praeteritum tempus ys forþġewiten tīd The preterite tense is forþġewiten tīd [in Old English]
c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice
Etymology
forþġewiten (“past, departed, gone by”) + tīd (“time”)
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