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Old English · verb

witnian

Normalised wītnian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈwiːt.ni.ɑn/
Syllables
ˈwiːt · ni · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
punish

Meaning

  1. to punish

Conjugation

Conjugation of witnian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular wītniġewītnode
2nd singular wītnastwītnodest
3rd singular wītnaþwītnode
Plural wītniaþwītnodon
Subjunctive
Singular wītniġewītnode
Plural wītniġenwītnoden
Non-finite forms of witnian
Form
Infinitive wītnian
Inflected infinitive wītnienne
Imperative singular wītna
Imperative plural wītniaþ
Present participle wītniende
Past participle wītnodġewītnod

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wītinōn. Cognate with Old Frisian wītnia, Old Saxon wītnon, and Old High German wīzinōn. Equivalent to wīte + -nian.

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