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Old English · verb

hamettan

Normalised hāmettan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈxɑː.met.tɑn/
[ˈhɑː.met.tɑn]
Syllables
ˈxɑː · met · tɑn (3 syllables)

Meaning

  1. to provide a home (for/to); house

  2. to bring back (to a home, village, etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of hamettan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular hāmettehāmette
2nd singular hāmetsthāmettest
3rd singular hāmetthāmethāmette
Plural hāmettaþhāmetton
Subjunctive
Singular hāmettehāmette
Plural hāmettenhāmetten
Non-finite forms of hamettan
Form
Infinitive hāmettan
Inflected infinitive hāmettenne
Imperative singular hāmete
Imperative plural hāmettaþ
Present participle hāmettende
Past participle hāmetedġehāmetedhāmettġehāmetthāmetġehāmet

All forms (16)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *haimattjan, from Proto-Germanic *haimatjaną, equivalent to hām + -ettan. Cognate with Old Norse heimta (“to fetch”).

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