Old English · verb

gietan

Normalised ġietan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: strong class V
IPA: /ˈji͜y.tɑn/
/ˈje.tɑn/
Syllables: ˈji͜y · tɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: destroy get kill

gietan1 · verb

Senses

to get

Conjugation

Conjugation of gietan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	ġiete	ġeat
2nd singular	ġietst	ġēate
3rd singular	ġiett ġiet	ġeat
Plural	ġietaþ	ġēaton
Subjunctive
Singular	ġiete	ġēate
Plural	ġieten	ġēaten

Non-finite forms of gietan
	Form
Infinitive	ġietan
Inflected infinitive	ġietenne
Imperative singular	ġiet
Imperative plural	ġietaþ
Present participle	ġietende
Past participle	ġieten ġeġieten

gietan2 · verb

Senses

to kill, destroy

…hē on merġenne mēċes eċġum ġētan wolde sum on galgtrēowum fēðan tō gamene.

…he in the morning wished to kill, for mirth, some of the army on gallows trees by edges of a sword.
c. 700–1000, Beowulf:

Conjugation

Conjugation of gietan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	ġīete	ġīette
2nd singular	ġīetest ġīetst	ġīettest
3rd singular	ġīeteþ ġīett ġīet	ġīette
Plural	ġīetaþ	ġīetton
Subjunctive
Singular	ġīete	ġīette
Plural	ġīeten	ġīetten

Non-finite forms of gietan
	Form
Infinitive	ġīetan
Inflected infinitive	ġīetenne
Imperative singular	ġīet
Imperative plural	ġīetaþ
Present participle	ġīetende
Past participle	ġīeted ġeġīeted

All forms (31)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *getan, from Proto-Germanic *getaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“take, seize, grasp”). Cognate with Old Frisian jeta, Old High German gezan, gezzan, Old Norse geta (whence English get).

Probably from Proto-West Germanic *gautijan, from Proto-Germanic *gautijaną, a causative of *geutaną (“to pour”). Related to ġēotan (“to shed”).

Descendants

yet

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