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Old English · verb

genihtsumian

Normalised ġenihtsumian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/jeˈnixt.su.mi.ɑn/
[jeˈniçt.su.mi.ɑn]
Syllables
je · ˈnixt · su · mi · ɑn (5 syllables)
Modern English
satisfiedsufficeabundant

Meaning

  1. to overflow in or with, to have abundance

  2. to be abundant

  3. to be enough, to suffice

    Đā ġelǣredan ne beðurfon þyssera bōca, forðan ðe him mæġ heora āgen lār genihtsumian. Iċ cweðe nū þæt iċ næfre heonon forð ne āwende godspel oððe godspeltrahtas of Lēdene on Englisċ.

    The learned have no need of these books, for their own learning will suffice. I say now that henceforth, I will never translate a gospel or a gospel-commentary from Latin into English.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
  4. to have enough, to be satisfied with

Conjugation

Conjugation of genihtsumian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ġenihtsumiġeġenihtsumode
2nd singular ġenihtsumastġenihtsumodest
3rd singular ġenihtsumaþġenihtsumode
Plural ġenihtsumiaþġenihtsumodon
Subjunctive
Singular ġenihtsumiġeġenihtsumode
Plural ġenihtsumiġenġenihtsumoden
Non-finite forms of genihtsumian
Form
Infinitive ġenihtsumian
Inflected infinitive ġenihtsumienne
Imperative singular ġenihtsuma
Imperative plural ġenihtsumiaþ
Present participle ġenihtsumiende
Past participle ġenihtsumod

All forms (14)

Etymology

Equivalent to ġenihtsum + -ian.

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