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Old English · verb

nætan

Normalised nǣtan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈnæː.tɑn/
Syllables
ˈnæː · tɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
subduetrample

Meaning

  1. to trample upon, crush, subdue

Conjugation

Conjugation of nætan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular nǣtenǣtte
2nd singular nǣtestnǣtstnǣttest
3rd singular nǣteþnǣttnǣtnǣtte
Plural nǣtaþnǣtton
Subjunctive
Singular nǣtenǣtte
Plural nǣtennǣtten
Non-finite forms of nætan
Form
Infinitive nǣtan
Inflected infinitive nǣtenne
Imperative singular nǣt
Imperative plural nǣtaþ
Present participle nǣtende
Past participle nǣtedġenǣted

All forms (17)

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from earlier *hnǣtan (whence also Old English hnǣċan and nǣċan), from Proto-West Germanic *hnaitijan.

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