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Old English · verb

hebban

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 6 Anglian
IPA
/ˈxeb.bɑn/
[ˈheb.bɑn]
Syllables
ˈxeb · bɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
heaveraiselift

Meaning

  1. to lift, raise

Conjugation

Conjugation of hebban
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular hebbehebbuhōfhefde
2nd singular hefsthefeshōfehefdest
3rd singular hefþhefeþhōfhefde
Plural hebbaþhōfonhefdon
Subjunctive
Singular hebbehōfehefde
Plural hebbenhebbaþhōfenhefdenhōfunhōfon
Non-finite forms of hebban
Form
Infinitive hebban
Inflected infinitive hebbennehebbanhebbanne
Imperative singular hefe
Imperative plural hebbaþ
Present participle hebbende
Past participle hæfenġehæfenhafenġehafenhefenġehefenhefedġehefed

All forms (30)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to lift”).

Descendants

heave

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