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Old English · verb

gecyþan

Normalised ġecȳþan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/jeˈkyː.θɑn/
[jeˈkyː.ðɑn]
Syllables
je · ˈkyː · θɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
testifyreport

Meaning

  1. to report, to make known

  2. to announce, declare

  3. to reveal, manifest, show

  4. to testify

  5. to prove

    On þām ġewinne, ⁊ on moneġum oþrum æfter þǣm, Hannibal ġecȳþde þone nīþ ⁊ þone hete þe hē beforan his fæder ġeswōr, þā hē nigonwintre cniht wæs, þæt hē næfre ne wurde Rōmana frēond.

    In that battle, and in many others after that, Hannibal proved the hatred and hostility that he swore before his father when he was a nine-year-old boy, that he would never become a friend of the Romans.

    late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

Conjugation

Conjugation of gecyþan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ġecȳþeġecȳþde
2nd singular ġecȳþestġecȳstġecȳþdest
3rd singular ġecȳþeþġecȳþþġecȳþġecȳþde
Plural ġecȳþaþġecȳþdon
Subjunctive
Singular ġecȳþeġecȳþde
Plural ġecȳþenġecȳþden
Non-finite forms of gecyþan
Form
Infinitive ġecȳþan
Inflected infinitive ġecȳþenne
Imperative singular ġecȳþ
Imperative plural ġecȳþaþ
Present participle ġecȳþende
Past participle ġecȳþed

All forms (16)

Etymology

From ġe- + cȳþan.

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