eldertongue

Old English · verb

hwitian

Normalised hwītian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
Modern English
whiten

Meaning

  1. to whiten

Conjugation

Conjugation of hwitian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular hwītiġehwītode
2nd singular hwītasthwītodest
3rd singular hwītaþhwītode
Plural hwītiaþhwītodon
Subjunctive
Singular hwītiġehwītode
Plural hwītiġenhwītoden
Non-finite forms of hwitian
Form
Infinitive hwītian
Inflected infinitive hwītienne
Imperative singular hwīta
Imperative plural hwītiaþ
Present participle hwītiende
Past participle hwītodġehwītod

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwītnōną. Equivalent to hwīt + -ian.

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