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Old English · verb

nytan

Part of speech
verb
IPA
/ˈny.tɑn/
Syllables
ˈny · tɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
knowemotion

Meaning

  1. to not know, not be aware of

    Nāt iċ hwǣr iċ finde mīne bōc.

    I don't know where to find my book.

    c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English

  2. to not feel a certain emotion

Conjugation

Conjugation of nytan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular nātnyssenyste
2nd singular nāstnyssestnystest
3rd singular nātnyssenyste
Plural nytonnyssonnyston
Subjunctive
Singular nytenyssenyste
Plural nytennyssennysten
Non-finite forms of nytan
Form
Infinitive nytan
Inflected infinitive nytenne
Imperative singular nyte
Imperative plural nytaþ
Present participle nytende
Past participle nytenġenyten

All forms (18)

Etymology

Contraction of ne (“not”) + witan (“to know”).

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