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Old English · verb

ytan

Normalised ȳtan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 1
IPA: /ˈyː.tɑn/
Syllables: ˈyː · tɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: expel banish alienate

Meaning

to put out a person from a place, expel, banish
to put out a thing from one's possession, alienate, give away

Conjugation

Conjugation of ytan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	ȳte	ȳtte
2nd singular	ȳtest ȳtst	ȳttest
3rd singular	ȳteþ ȳtt ȳt	ȳtte
Plural	ȳtaþ	ȳtton
Subjunctive
Singular	ȳte	ȳtte
Plural	ȳten	ȳtten

Non-finite forms of ytan
	Form
Infinitive	ȳtan
Inflected infinitive	ȳtenne
Imperative singular	ȳt
Imperative plural	ȳtaþ
Present participle	ȳtende
Past participle	ȳted ġeȳted

All forms (17)

ȳte
ȳtte
ȳtest
ȳtst
ȳttest
ȳteþ
ȳtt
ȳt
ȳtaþ
ȳtton
ȳten
ȳtten
ȳtan
ȳtenne
ȳtende
ȳted
ġeȳted

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ūtijan, from Proto-Germanic *ūtijaną. Equivalent to ūt + -an. Cognate with Icelandic ýta (“to push”).

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