Old English · verb
onettan
Normalised ōnettan
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- weak class 1
- IPA
- /ˈo.net.tɑn/
- Syllables
- ˈo · net · tɑn (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- hurry
Meaning
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to move quickly; hurry; hasten
Bearwas blōstmum nimað, byriġ fæġriað, wongas wlitiġað, woruld ōnetteð. Ealle þā ġemoniað mōdes fūsne sefan tō sīþe, þām þe swā þenċeð on flōdwegas, feor ġewītað.
Groves bloom with bloomers, towns blossom, fields grow fair, the world runs forth. These things drive the keen heart of mind on the way, whom thinks so on seaways, set out far away.
10th century, The Seafarer:
Conjugation
All forms (16)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *anahatjaną, equivalent to on- + hettan. Cognate with Old High German anazzan (“to solicit, excite, inflame, instigate”).
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