ahton

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ahtōn.

Verb

ahton

  1. To esteem, care or consider.
    Ofto, varunt mertsiskip bi unsin thorpe. Biwilon komunt anglas oftho bretwalas van Anglalande, biwilon deni van Denamerki. That is guot copmanscepi for unsin thorpe! Thie kopmen brengunt lakon endi arunt van Bretiskon Eilandon. Aftar, gant thie skip verriro na Kolna endi themo Vrenkiskin Rinlando. Ala skip, thie bi unsin thorpe varunt, muotin tolne bitalon themo gravin Thiederike. Thie liudi in Tiela ne blithont ana themo tolne thie wi hebbon, aver wi ne ahton ieht umbi that!
    Often, there are ## around our village. There come sometimes Englishmen (Angles) and Welshmen (Britwelsh) from England. Sometimes Danes from Denmark. That is good buymanship for our village. The commerciants bring ## and ## from the British Isles. Then, the ships go right to Colonia in the Frankish Rhineland. All ships that go through our village must pay a toll for the count Dirk. The people of Tiel is not happy with the toll we have, but that doesn't interest us at all.

Inflection

Conjugation of ahton (weak class 2)
infinitive ahton
indicative present past
1st person singular ahto, ahton ahtoda
2nd person singular ahtos, ahtost ahtodos
3rd person singular ahtot ahtoda
1st person plural ahton ahtodun
2nd person plural ahtot ahtodut
3rd person plural ahtont ahtodun
subjunctive present past
1st person singular ahto ahtodi
2nd person singular ahtos, ahtost ahtodis
3rd person singular ahto ahtodi
1st person plural ahton ahtodin
2nd person plural ahtot ahtodit
3rd person plural ahton ahtodin
imperative present
singular ahto
plural ahtot
participle present past
ahtondi ahtot, giahtot

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: achten
    • Dutch: achten
    • Limburgish: achte

Old English

Pronunciation

Verb

āhton

  1. first/second/third-person plural past indicative of āgan

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ahtōn. Cognate with Old Frisian achtia, Old English eahtian, Old High German ahtōn.

Verb

ahtōn

  1. to deliberate, hold council, consider
  2. to evaluate

Conjugation

Conjugation of ahton (weak class 2)
infinitive ahton
indicative present past
1st person singular ahton ahtoda
2nd person singular ahtos ahtodes
3rd person singular ahtod ahtoda
plural ahtiod ahtodun
subjunctive present past
1st person singular ahto ahtodi
2nd person singular ahtos ahtodis
3rd person singular ahto ahtodi
plural ahtion ahtodin
imperative present
singular ahto
plural ahtiod
participle present past
ahtondi giahtod, ahtod

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