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Old English · verb

gewitan

Normalised ġewītan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class I
IPA
/jeˈwiː.tɑn/
Syllables
je · ˈwiː · tɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
departunderstand

gewitan1 · verb

Senses

  1. to depart

    Mē lǣrdon Rōmāne þæt iċ ġewāt heonon onweġ.

    The Romans advised me to depart away from here.

Conjugation

Conjugation of gewitan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ġewīteġewāt
2nd singular ġewītstġewite
3rd singular ġewīttġewītġewāt
Plural ġewītaþġewiton
Subjunctive
Singular ġewīteġewite
Plural ġewītenġewiten
Non-finite forms of gewitan
Form
Infinitive ġewītan
Inflected infinitive ġewītenne
Imperative singular ġewīt
Imperative plural ġewītaþ
Present participle ġewītende
Past participle ġewiten

gewitan2 · verb

Senses

  1. to know, understand, be familiar with, have knowledge of

    ...ic wolde ġeorne æt þē ġewitan þissere byriġ riht naman ġif þū mē woldest ġewissiġan...

    I earnestly desire to know from thee the right name of this city, if thou wilt inform me.

    late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"

Conjugation

Conjugation of gewitan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ġewātġewisseġewiste
2nd singular ġewāstġewissestġewistest
3rd singular ġewātġewisseġewiste
Plural ġewitonġewissonġewiston
Subjunctive
Singular ġewiteġewisseġewiste
Plural ġewitenġewissenġewisten
Non-finite forms of gewitan
Form
Infinitive ġewitan
Inflected infinitive ġewitenne
Imperative singular ġewite
Imperative plural ġewitaþ
Present participle ġewitende
Past participle ġewiten

All forms (26)

Etymology

From ġe- + wītan. Cognate with Old Saxon giwītan.

From ġe- + witan.

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