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Old English · verb

gemanian

Normalised ġemanian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/jeˈmɑ.ni.ɑn/
Syllables
je · ˈmɑ · ni · ɑn (4 syllables)
Modern English
exhortadmonishremind

Meaning

  1. to admonish; exhort; urge; prompt

    Bearwas blōstmum nimað, byriġ fæġriað, wongas wlitiġað, woruld ōnetteð. Ealle þā ġemoniað mōdes fūsne sefan tō sīþe, þām þe swā þenċeð on flōdwegas, feor ġewītað.

    Groves bloom with bloomers, towns blossom, fields grow fair, the world runs forth. These things drive the keen heart of mind on the way, whom thinks so on seaways, set out far away.

    10th century, The Seafarer:
  2. to bring to mind; remind

  3. to remember

  4. to demand (of someone); make a demand for a debt

Conjugation

Conjugation of gemanian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ġemaniġeġemanode
2nd singular ġemanastġemanodest
3rd singular ġemanaþġemanode
Plural ġemaniaþġemanodon
Subjunctive
Singular ġemaniġeġemanode
Plural ġemaniġenġemanoden
Non-finite forms of gemanian
Form
Infinitive ġemanian
Inflected infinitive ġemanienne
Imperative singular ġemana
Imperative plural ġemaniaþ
Present participle ġemaniende
Past participle ġemanod

All forms (14)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gamanōną, equivalent to ġe- + manian. Cognate with Old Saxon gimanōn, Old High German gemanōn.

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