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Old English · verb

getiegan

Normalised ġetīeġan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/jeˈti͜yː.jɑn/
Syllables
je · ˈti͜yː · jɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
bind

Meaning

  1. to tie, bind

    Ðā menn ðe tō ðām dyrstiġe beoð þæt hī þæt gold nimen, þonne lǣdað hī mid him olfenda myran mid hyra folan ⁊ stēdan. Þā folan hī getīġað ǣr hī ofer þā ēa faran. Þæt gold hī gefǣtað on ðā myran ⁊ his sylfe onsittað ⁊ þā stēdan þǣr forlǣtað.

    Those who are bold enough to take the gold bring with them male camels and female camels with their calves. They tie up the calves before they cross over the river. They load the gold on the mares, and sit on them themselves, and leave the males there.

    Wonders of the East

Conjugation

Conjugation of getiegan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ġetīeġeġetīeġde
2nd singular ġetīeġestġetīeġstġetīeġdest
3rd singular ġetīeġeþġetīeġþġetīeġde
Plural ġetīeġaþġetīeġdon
Subjunctive
Singular ġetīeġeġetīeġde
Plural ġetīeġenġetīeġden
Non-finite forms of getiegan
Form
Infinitive ġetīeġan
Inflected infinitive ġetīeġenne
Imperative singular ġetīeġ
Imperative plural ġetīeġaþ
Present participle ġetīeġende
Past participle ġetīeġed

All forms (16)

Etymology

By surface analysis, ġe- + tīeġan

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