eldertongue

Old English · verb

ontynan

Normalised ontȳnan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/onˈtyː.nɑn/
Syllables
on · ˈtyː · nɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
untinedisplayloosedisclose

Meaning

  1. to open, to loose, to free

    Þū ūs clypast tō ūrunm weġe, and ūs ġelēdest tō þǣre dura and ūs ðā untȳnst,...

    Thou callest us back to our way, and leadest us to the door, and openest to us,...

    late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

  2. to disclose, reveal, display

Conjugation

Conjugation of ontynan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ontȳneontȳnde
2nd singular ontȳnestontȳnstontȳndest
3rd singular ontȳneþontȳnþontȳnde
Plural ontȳnaþontȳndon
Subjunctive
Singular ontȳneontȳnde
Plural ontȳnenontȳnden
Non-finite forms of ontynan
Form
Infinitive ontȳnan
Inflected infinitive ontȳnenne
Imperative singular ontȳn
Imperative plural ontȳnaþ
Present participle ontȳnende
Past participle ontȳned

All forms (16)

Etymology

From on- + tȳnan.

Descendants

untine

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