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Old English · verb

onhebban

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 6 Anglian
IPA
/ˈonˌxeb.bɑn/
[ˈonˌheb.bɑn]
Syllables
ˈon · ˌxeb · bɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
erectexaltheaveleaven

Meaning

  1. to raise up, heave up, erect, lift up, exalt

    Þonne iċ mec onhebbe ond hī onhnīgaþ tō mē, moniġe mid miltse, þǣr iċ monnum sceal īċan upcyme ēadiġnesse.

    When I raise myself up and they bow down to me, many with mercy, then I shall increase rising of happiness for men.

    10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 30:
  2. to leaven

  3. to begin

  4. to take away, remove

Conjugation

Conjugation of onhebban
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular onhebbeonhebbuonhōfonhefde
2nd singular onhefstonhefesonhōfeonhefdest
3rd singular onhefþonhefeþonhōfonhefde
Plural onhebbaþonhōfononhefdon
Subjunctive
Singular onhebbeonhōfeonhefde
Plural onhebbenonhebbaþonhōfenonhefdenonhōfunonhōfon
Non-finite forms of onhebban
Form
Infinitive onhebban
Inflected infinitive onhebbenneonhebbanonhebbanne
Imperative singular onhefe
Imperative plural onhebbaþ
Present participle onhebbende
Past participle onhæfenonhafenobhefenonhefedonhefen

All forms (27)

Etymology

From on- + hebban (“raise”).

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