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Old English · verb

stihtan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈstix.tɑn/
[ˈstiç.tɑn]
Syllables
ˈstix · tɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
stightregulatedisposeinstigate

Meaning

  1. to dispose, arrange, regulate

  2. to instigate, incite

    Stōdon stædefæste, stihte hī Bryhtnōþ...

    c. 1000, "The Battle of Maldon", line 127

Conjugation

Conjugation of stihtan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular stihtestihte
2nd singular stihteststihststihtststihtest
3rd singular stihteþstihtstihte
Plural stihtaþstihton
Subjunctive
Singular stihtestihte
Plural stihtenstihten
Non-finite forms of stihtan
Form
Infinitive stihtan
Inflected infinitive stihtenne
Imperative singular stiht
Imperative plural stihtaþ
Present participle stihtende
Past participle stihtedġestihted

All forms (14)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stihtijan, *stihtōn, from Proto-Germanic *stihtiz (“a step, track, overpass”), from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (“to go, climb”)

Descendants

stight

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