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Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English ġēatan, from Proto-Germanic *jahatjaną.
Verb
ȝeten (third-person singular simple present ȝeteþ, present participle ȝetende, first-/third-person singular past indicative ȝette, past participle ȝet)
- To give by grant; to confer, bestow.
- To give something up to someone; to yield.
- To provide a service, e.g. counsel.
- To give affirmation or permission; to assent.
- To allow.
- To admit, recognize or confess something to be true; to acknowledge.
- (optative) May it be that...; were it that...
Conjugation
| infinitive
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(to) ȝeten, ȝete
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present tense
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past tense
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| 1st-person singular
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ȝete
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ȝette, ȝeted
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| 2nd-person singular
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ȝetest
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ȝettest, ȝetedest
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| 3rd-person singular
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ȝeteth
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ȝette, ȝeted
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| subjunctive singular
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ȝete
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| imperative singular
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—
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| plural1
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ȝeten, ȝete
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ȝetten, ȝette, ȝeteden, ȝetede
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| imperative plural
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ȝeteth, ȝete
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| participles
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ȝetynge, ȝetende
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ȝet, ȝeted, yȝet, yȝeted
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1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
References
Etymology 2
Verb
ȝeten
- Alternative form of yeten (“to flow”)
Etymology 3
Verb
ȝeten
- Alternative form of yeten (“to address with "ye"”)
References
Etymology 4
Verb
ȝeten
- Alternative form of yeten (“to get”)