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Old English · verb

hienan

Normalised hīenan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈxi͜yː.nɑn/
[ˈhi͜yː.nɑn]
Syllables
ˈxi͜yː · nɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
abasechastisedegradeheanchastenhumiliatecheckcurb

Meaning

  1. to humble, bring low, abase, humiliate

  2. to curb, check, control, restrain, chasten, chastise, rebuke

  3. to despise, degrade, insult

  4. to oppress, afflict, harm, harass, vex

  5. to conquer, subject

  6. to lay low, kill

  7. to lay waste, destroy

  8. to fell

  9. to condemn

Conjugation

Conjugation of hienan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular hīenehīende
2nd singular hīenesthīensthīendest
3rd singular hīeneþhīenþhīende
Plural hīenaþhīendon
Subjunctive
Singular hīenehīende
Plural hīenenhīenden
Non-finite forms of hienan
Form
Infinitive hīenan
Inflected infinitive hīenenne
Imperative singular hīen
Imperative plural hīenaþ
Present participle hīenende
Past participle hīenedġehīened

All forms (17)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *haunijan, from Proto-Germanic *haunijaną (“to humiliate”), from Proto-Indo-European *kaw- (“to degrade, humiliate”).

Descendants

hean

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