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Old English · verb

tasan

Normalised tāsan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: strong class VII
IPA: /ˈtɑː.sɑn/
[ˈtɑː.zɑn]
Syllables: ˈtɑː · sɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: toase toaze tose toze tugging touse

Meaning

to pull apart; separate by tugging; touse

Conjugation

Conjugation of tasan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	tāse	tēos
2nd singular	tǣst	tēore
3rd singular	tǣst	tēos
Plural	tāsaþ	tēoron
Subjunctive
Singular	tāse	tēore
Plural	tāsen	tēoren

Non-finite forms of tasan
	Form
Infinitive	tāsan
Inflected infinitive	tāsenne
Imperative singular	tās
Imperative plural	tāsaþ
Present participle	tāsende
Past participle	tāren ġetāren

All forms (14)

tāse
tēos
tǣst
tēore
tāsaþ
tēoron
tāsen
tēoren
tāsan
tāsenne
tās
tāsende
tāren
ġetāren

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *taisan (“to separate by pulling, tugging or plucking; tease”).

Descendants

toase, toaze, tose, toze

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