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Old English
Pronunciation
Verb
eotan (Kentish, Mercian)
- Alternative form of etan
Usage notes
Campbell states (§210.2) that, although this form occurred in Mercian, it is absent in the Mercian part of the Rushworth Gospels; etan is found therein.
References
- Joseph Wright, Mary Elizabeth Wright (1908) Old English Grammar, London, New York and Toronto: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, page 51