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Old English · verb

restan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈres.tɑn/
Syllables
ˈres · tɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
intransitivetransitiverest

restan1 · verb

Senses

  1. to rest (intransitive or transitive)

    An. DCCXVI ⁊ on þām ilcan ġēare Ċeolrēd Miercna cyning forþferde, ⁊ his līċ resteþ on Licetfelda.

    Year 716 In this year Ceolred, king of Mercia, died, and his body rests in Litchfield.

    The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Conjugation

Conjugation of restan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular restereste
2nd singular restestrestrestest
3rd singular resteþrestreste
Plural restaþreston
Subjunctive
Singular restereste
Plural restenresten
Non-finite forms of restan
Form
Infinitive restan
Inflected infinitive restenne
Imperative singular rest
Imperative plural restaþ
Present participle restende
Past participle restedġerested

restan2 · verb · alternative form

Senses

  1. alternative form of rīestan

Conjugation

Conjugation of restan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular rēsterēste
2nd singular rēstestrēstrēstest
3rd singular rēsteþrēstrēste
Plural rēstaþrēston
Subjunctive
Singular rēsterēste
Plural rēstenrēsten
Non-finite forms of restan
Form
Infinitive rēstan
Inflected infinitive rēstenne
Imperative singular rēst
Imperative plural rēstaþ
Present participle rēstende
Past participle rēstedġerēsted

All forms (24)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rastijan, derived from the noun *rastu (Old English ræst). Cognate with Old Frisian resta, Old Saxon restian, Old High German resten.

From Proto-West Germanic *raustijan, from Proto-Germanic *raustijaną. Cognate with Old Norse reysta.

Descendants

rest

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