Old English · verb

lettan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 1
IPA: /ˈlet.tɑn/
Syllables: ˈlet · tɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: obstruct let hinder

Meaning

to hinder, obstruct

Conjugation

Conjugation of lettan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	lette	lette
2nd singular	letst	lettest
3rd singular	lett let	lette
Plural	lettaþ	letton
Subjunctive
Singular	lette	lette
Plural	letten	letten

Non-finite forms of lettan
	Form
Infinitive	lettan
Inflected infinitive	lettenne
Imperative singular	lete
Imperative plural	lettaþ
Present participle	lettende
Past participle	leted ġeleted lett ġelett let ġelet

All forms (16)

lette
letst
lettest
lett
let
lettaþ
letton
letten
lettan
lettenne
lete
lettende
leted
ġeleted
ġelett
ġelet

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lattjan, from Proto-Germanic *latjaną, from Proto-Germanic *lataz (“slow, late”), equivalent to læt + -an. Cognate with Old Frisian letta, Old Saxon lettian, Old High German lezzen, Old Norse letja, Gothic (latjan).

Descendants

let

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