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Old English · verb

refsan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈref.sɑn/
Syllables
ˈref · sɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
reprove

Meaning

  1. to reprove; rebuke

  2. to seize; appropriate

  3. to blame

Conjugation

Conjugation of refsan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular refserefsede
2nd singular refsestrefstrefsedest
3rd singular refseþrefstrefsede
Plural refsaþrefsedon
Subjunctive
Singular refserefsede
Plural refsenrefseden
Non-finite forms of refsan
Form
Infinitive refsan
Inflected infinitive refsenne
Imperative singular refs
Imperative plural refsaþ
Present participle refsende
Past participle refsedġerefsed

All forms (16)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rafsijan (“to blame, flog, chastise, punish”).

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