wæþan
Old English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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”).
Verb
editwǣþan
Conjugation
editConjugation of wǣþan (weak class 1)
| infinitive | wǣþan | wǣþenne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
| first person singular | wǣþe | wǣþde |
| second person singular | wǣþest, wǣst | wǣþdest |
| third person singular | wǣþeþ, wǣþþ, wǣþ | wǣþde |
| plural | wǣþaþ | wǣþdon |
| subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
| singular | wǣþe | wǣþde |
| plural | wǣþen | wǣþden |
| imperative | ||
| singular | wǣþ | |
| plural | wǣþaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| wǣþende | (ġe)wǣþed | |
Related terms
editReferences
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wǣþan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.