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Old English · verb

gealpettan

Normalised ġealpettan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈjæ͜ɑl.pet.tɑn/
[ˈjæ͜ɑɫ.pet.tɑn]
Syllables
ˈjæ͜ɑl · pet · tɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
noisilygreedilychatter

Meaning

  1. to talk or speak noisily; chatter; boast

  2. to devour; eat greedily

    Þa ðe her swiðost galpettað ⁊ on unriht[ti]dum on oferfyllo bioð forgriwene, þa bioð þær on mæstum / hungre forþrycced.

    (please add an English translation of this quotation)

    10th century or earlier, Vercelli Homilies, Homily IV 38-40

Conjugation

Conjugation of gealpettan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ġealpetteġealpette
2nd singular ġealpetstġealpettest
3rd singular ġealpettġealpetġealpette
Plural ġealpettaþġealpetton
Subjunctive
Singular ġealpetteġealpette
Plural ġealpettenġealpetten
Non-finite forms of gealpettan
Form
Infinitive ġealpettan
Inflected infinitive ġealpettenne
Imperative singular ġealpete
Imperative plural ġealpettaþ
Present participle ġealpettende
Past participle ġealpetedġeġealpetedġealpettġeġealpettġealpetġeġealpet

All forms (16)

Etymology

From *ġealpian + -ettan. The attested form galpettað shows the non-West Saxon feature of backing rather than breaking of original *æ before l + consonant.

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