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Old English · verb

hydan

Normalised hȳdan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈxyː.dɑn/
[ˈhyː.dɑn]
Syllables
ˈxyː · dɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
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Meaning

  1. to hide or conceal

    Þēah þe græf wille golde strēġan brōþor his ġeborenum, byrġan be dēadum, māþmum mislīċum þæt hine mid wille, ne mæġ þǣre sāwle þe biþ synna ful gold tō ġēoce for godes eġsan, þonne hē hit ǣr hȳdeð þenden hē hēr leofað.

    Even if a brother would like to strew gold on grave for his kinsmen, to bury next to the dead with manifold riches that he would like to have with him, gold cannot be a help for this soul, who is full of sins, before the dread of God, after he first hides it while he lives here.

    10th century, The Seafarer:
  2. to hide

Conjugation

Conjugation of hydan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular hȳdehȳdde
2nd singular hȳdesthȳtsthȳddest
3rd singular hȳdeþhȳtthȳthȳdde
Plural hȳdaþhȳddon
Subjunctive
Singular hȳdehȳdde
Plural hȳdenhȳdden
Non-finite forms of hydan
Form
Infinitive hȳdan
Inflected infinitive hȳdenne
Imperative singular hȳd
Imperative plural hȳdaþ
Present participle hȳdende
Past participle hȳdedġehȳded

All forms (18)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *huʀdijan. Cognate with Old Frisian hēda, Middle Dutch huden, Middle High German hürten. Also related to Welsh cudd, Latin custōs, and Ancient Greek κεύθω (keúthō). Equivalent to hord + -an.

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