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Old English · verb

gitsian

Normalised ġītsian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈjiːt.si.ɑn/
Syllables
ˈjiːt · si · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
covet

Meaning

  1. to covet

Conjugation

Conjugation of gitsian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ġītsiġeġītsode
2nd singular ġītsastġītsodest
3rd singular ġītsaþġītsode
Plural ġītsiaþġītsodon
Subjunctive
Singular ġītsiġeġītsode
Plural ġītsiġenġītsoden
Non-finite forms of gitsian
Form
Infinitive ġītsian
Inflected infinitive ġītsienne
Imperative singular ġītsa
Imperative plural ġītsiaþ
Present participle ġītsiende
Past participle ġītsodġeġītsod

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gīdisōn, derived from *gīd (“greed”).

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