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Old English · verb

teoþian

Normalised tēoþian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈte͜oː.θi.ɑn/
[ˈte͜oː.ði.ɑn]
Syllables
ˈte͜oː · θi · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
tithetenth

Meaning

  1. to take a tenth (of something)

  2. to pay a tithe

Conjugation

Conjugation of teoþian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular tēoþiġetēoþode
2nd singular tēoþasttēoþodest
3rd singular tēoþaþtēoþode
Plural tēoþiaþtēoþodon
Subjunctive
Singular tēoþiġetēoþode
Plural tēoþiġentēoþoden
Non-finite forms of teoþian
Form
Infinitive tēoþian
Inflected infinitive tēoþienne
Imperative singular tēoþa
Imperative plural tēoþiaþ
Present participle tēoþiende
Past participle tēoþodġetēoþod

All forms (15)

Etymology

By surface analysis, tēoþa (“tenth”) + -ian (infinitive suffix)

Descendants

tithe

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