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Old English · verb

tennan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈten.nɑn/
Syllables
ˈten · nɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
encourageinciteeffort

Meaning

  1. to incite or encourage to effort

Conjugation

Conjugation of tennan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular tennetende
2nd singular tennesttensttendest
3rd singular tenneþtenþtende
Plural tennaþtendon
Subjunctive
Singular tennetende
Plural tennentenden
Non-finite forms of tennan
Form
Infinitive tennan
Inflected infinitive tennenne
Imperative singular tenn
Imperative plural tennaþ
Present participle tennende
Past participle tennedġetenned

All forms (17)

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly an alteration of tendan (“to kindle”).

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