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Old English · verb

sarettan

Normalised sārettan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈsɑː.ret.tɑn/
Syllables
ˈsɑː · ret · tɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
complainlament

Meaning

  1. to lament, complain

Conjugation

Conjugation of sarettan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular sārettesārette
2nd singular sāretstsārettest
3rd singular sārettsāretsārette
Plural sārettaþsāretton
Subjunctive
Singular sārettesārette
Plural sārettensāretten
Non-finite forms of sarettan
Form
Infinitive sārettan
Inflected infinitive sārettenne
Imperative singular sārete
Imperative plural sārettaþ
Present participle sārettende
Past participle sāretedġesāretedsārettġesārettsāretġesāret

All forms (16)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sairattjan, equivalent to sār + -ettan. Cognate with Old High German sērezzen (“to be in pain, grieve, suffer, be in labour or childbirth”).

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