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Old English · verb

tætan

Normalised tǣtan

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

Meaning

  1. to make cheerful, gladden

Conjugation

Conjugation of tætan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular tǣtetǣtte
2nd singular tǣtesttǣtsttǣttest
3rd singular tǣteþtǣtttǣttǣtte
Plural tǣtaþtǣtton
Subjunctive
Singular tǣtetǣtte
Plural tǣtentǣtten
Non-finite forms of tætan
Form
Infinitive tǣtan
Inflected infinitive tǣtenne
Imperative singular tǣt
Imperative plural tǣtaþ
Present participle tǣtende
Past participle tǣtedġetǣted

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *taitijan, from Proto-Germanic *taitijaną (“to please”), from Proto-Indo-European *dey- (“to gleam, shimmer, shine”).

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