Old English · verb

potian

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 2
IPA: /ˈpo.ti.ɑn/
Syllables: ˈpo · ti · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English: pote push thrust

Meaning

to thrust, push

Conjugation

Conjugation of potian
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	potiġe	potode
2nd singular	potast	potodest
3rd singular	potaþ	potode
Plural	potiaþ	potodon
Subjunctive
Singular	potiġe	potode
Plural	potiġen	potoden

Non-finite forms of potian
	Form
Infinitive	potian
Inflected infinitive	potienne
Imperative singular	pota
Imperative plural	potiaþ
Present participle	potiende
Past participle	potod ġepotod

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *potōn, from Proto-Germanic *putōną (“to push, thrust, stick, poke”); compare Middle Dutch pōten (“stick into ground”) (Dutch poten (“to plant”)), Norwegian pota (“poke”), Icelandic pota (“to stick, put, poke”).

Descendants

pote

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