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Old English · verb

gestrynan

Normalised ġestrȳnan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/jeˈstryː.nɑn/
Syllables
je · ˈstryː · nɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
procreate

Meaning

  1. to get, gain, acquire

    ...Gyf ðū ēnigne gōdne heorde hæbbe þe wel cunne healdan þæt þæt þū gestrēone and him befæste, scēawa hyne me;

    If thou have any good steward that can well hold that which thou gettest and committest unto him, show him to me;...

    late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
  2. to beget, procreate

    c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 1:2

    Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren

Conjugation

Conjugation of gestrynan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ġestrȳneġestrȳnde
2nd singular ġestrȳnestġestrȳnstġestrȳndest
3rd singular ġestrȳneþġestrȳnþġestrȳnde
Plural ġestrȳnaþġestrȳndon
Subjunctive
Singular ġestrȳneġestrȳnde
Plural ġestrȳnenġestrȳnden
Non-finite forms of gestrynan
Form
Infinitive ġestrȳnan
Inflected infinitive ġestrȳnenne
Imperative singular ġestrȳn
Imperative plural ġestrȳnaþ
Present participle ġestrȳnende
Past participle ġestrȳned

All forms (16)

Etymology

Equivalent to ġe- + strȳnan

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