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Old English · verb

ieþan

Normalised īeþan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈi͜yː.θɑn/
[ˈi͜yː.ðɑn]
Syllables
ˈi͜yː · θɑn (2 syllables)

Meaning

  1. to destroy, to lay waste

    oþþæt burgwara · breahtma lēase eald enta ġeweorc · īdlu stōdon.

    Thus, Creator of men was destroying this world until works of old giants, lacking of citizens' noises, stood empty.

    Ȳþde swā þisne eardġeard · ælda Sċyppend

Conjugation

Conjugation of ieþan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular īeþeīeþde
2nd singular īeþestīestīeþdest
3rd singular īeþeþīeþþīeþīeþde
Plural īeþaþīeþdon
Subjunctive
Singular īeþeīeþde
Plural īeþenīeþden
Non-finite forms of ieþan
Form
Infinitive īeþan
Inflected infinitive īeþenne
Imperative singular īeþ
Imperative plural īeþaþ
Present participle īeþende
Past participle īeþedġeīeþed

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *auþijaną.

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