Old English · verb

wæþan

Normalised wǣþan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 1
Modern English: pursue chase

Meaning

to hunt, pursue, chase

Conjugation

Conjugation of wæþan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	wǣþe	wǣþde
2nd singular	wǣþest wǣst	wǣþdest
3rd singular	wǣþeþ wǣþþ wǣþ	wǣþde
Plural	wǣþaþ	wǣþdon
Subjunctive
Singular	wǣþe	wǣþde
Plural	wǣþen	wǣþden

Non-finite forms of wæþan
	Form
Infinitive	wǣþan
Inflected infinitive	wǣþenne
Imperative singular	wǣþ
Imperative plural	wǣþaþ
Present participle	wǣþende
Past participle	wǣþed ġewǣþed

All forms (17)

wǣþe
wǣþde
wǣþest
wǣst
wǣþdest
wǣþeþ
wǣþþ
wǣþ
wǣþaþ
wǣþdon
wǣþen
wǣþden
wǣþan
wǣþenne
wǣþende
wǣþed
ġewǣþed

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *waiþijan, from Proto-Germanic *waiþijaną (“to hunt, pursue, graze, feed”). Cognate with Dutch weiden (“to graze”) and Icelandic veiða (“to hunt, fish”).

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