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Old English · verb

wræstan

Normalised wrǣstan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
Modern English
wresttwist

Meaning

  1. to wrest, twist

  2. to pluck a harp

Conjugation

Conjugation of wræstan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular wrǣstewrǣste
2nd singular wrǣstestwrǣstwrǣstest
3rd singular wrǣsteþwrǣstwrǣste
Plural wrǣstaþwrǣston
Subjunctive
Singular wrǣstewrǣste
Plural wrǣstenwrǣsten
Non-finite forms of wræstan
Form
Infinitive wrǣstan
Inflected infinitive wrǣstenne
Imperative singular wrǣst
Imperative plural wrǣstaþ
Present participle wrǣstende
Past participle wrǣstedġewrǣsted

All forms (12)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wraistijaną

Descendants

wrest

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