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Old English · verb

gemæstan

Normalised ġemæstan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/jeˈmæs.tɑn/
Syllables
je · ˈmæs · tɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
fatten

Meaning

  1. to fatten

    Him becōmon ēac swā miċele welan tō handa, þæt his bīġleofa wæs ælċe dæġ mid his hīrede þrittiġ mittan clǣnes melowes, and sixtiġ mittan ōðres melowes, twelf fætte oxan, and twēntiġ feldoxan, hundtēontiġ weðera, buton huntoðe and fugoloðe and ġemæstra fugela.

    And so much wealth came into his hands that every day he and his household consumed thirty mittas of clean meal, sixty mittas of other meal, twelve fat oxen, twenty field-oxen, and one hundred wethers, not counting the sustenance from hunting, fowling, or fattened birds.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Conjugation

Conjugation of gemæstan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ġemæsteġemæste
2nd singular ġemæstestġemæstġemæstest
3rd singular ġemæsteþġemæstġemæste
Plural ġemæstaþġemæston
Subjunctive
Singular ġemæsteġemæste
Plural ġemæstenġemæsten
Non-finite forms of gemæstan
Form
Infinitive ġemæstan
Inflected infinitive ġemæstenne
Imperative singular ġemæst
Imperative plural ġemæstaþ
Present participle ġemæstende
Past participle ġemæstedġemæst

All forms (11)

Etymology

By surface analysis, ġe- + mæstan.

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