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Old English · verb

gehatan

Normalised ġehātan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class VII
IPA
/jeˈxɑː.tɑn/
[jeˈhɑː.tɑn]
Syllables
je · ˈxɑː · tɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
vow

Meaning

  1. to promise, vow

    Sċortlīċe iċ hæbbe nū ġesǣd ymb þā þrīe dǣlas ealles þises middanġeardes; ac iċ wille nū, swā iċ ǣr gehēt, þāra þrēora landrīċa ġemǣre ġereċċan...

    I have now spoken about all three of this world's continents in brief; but I will now, as I promised before, relate the borders of the three continents...

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

  2. to command, order

  3. to call, name

  4. to summon

  5. to threaten

Conjugation

Conjugation of gehatan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ġehāteġehētġehēht
2nd singular ġehǣtstġehēteġehēhte
3rd singular ġehǣttġehǣtġehētġehēht
Plural ġehātaþġehētonġehēhton
Subjunctive
Singular ġehāteġehēteġehēhte
Plural ġehātenġehētenġehēhten
Non-finite forms of gehatan
Form
Infinitive ġehātan
Inflected infinitive ġehātenne
Imperative singular ġehāt
Imperative plural ġehātaþ
Present participle ġehātende
Past participle ġehāten

All forms (18)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gahaitaną (“to promise”), equivalent to ġe- + hātan. Cognate with Old Saxon gihêtan, Old High German giheizan, Gothic (gahaitan).

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