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Old English · verb

steatan

Normalised stēatan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class VII
IPA
/ˈstæ͜ɑː.tɑn/
Syllables
ˈstæ͜ɑː · tɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
thrust

Meaning

  1. to thrust

  2. to push

  3. to strike

Conjugation

Conjugation of steatan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular stēatestēot
2nd singular stīetststēote
3rd singular stīettstīetstēot
Plural stēataþstēoton
Subjunctive
Singular stēatestēote
Plural stēatenstēoten
Non-finite forms of steatan
Form
Infinitive stēatan
Inflected infinitive stēatenne
Imperative singular stēat
Imperative plural stēataþ
Present participle stēatende
Past participle stēatenġestēaten

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stautan, from Proto-Germanic *stautaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd-. Cognate with Old Frisian stēta, Old Saxon stōtan, Old High German stōzan, Gothic (stautan).

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