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Old English · verb

reotan

Normalised rēotan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class II
IPA
/ˈre͜oː.tɑn/
Syllables
ˈre͜oː · tɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
wailtears

Meaning

  1. to make a noise

  2. to make a noise in grief, to lament, wail

    Rēoteþ mēowle, sēo þe hire bearn gesihþ brondas þeccan.

    The woman wails, she who sees the flames covering her child.

  3. to weep, shed tears

Conjugation

Conjugation of reotan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular rēoterēat
2nd singular rīetstrute
3rd singular rīettrīetrēat
Plural rēotaþruton
Subjunctive
Singular rēoterute
Plural rēotenruten
Non-finite forms of reotan
Form
Infinitive rēotan
Inflected infinitive rēotenne
Imperative singular rēot
Imperative plural rēotaþ
Present participle rēotende
Past participle rotenġeroten

All forms (16)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *reutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *HrewdH-. Compare Icelandic rjóta.

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