geotan

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Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *geutan.

Pronunciation

Verb

ġēotan

  1. to pour
  2. to shed (blood, sweat, tears)
  3. to cast, found (metal)
Conjugation
Conjugation of ġēotan (strong class 2)
infinitive ġēotan ġēotenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular ġēote ġēat
second person singular ġīetst gute
third person singular ġīett, ġīet ġēat
plural ġēotaþ guton
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular ġēote gute
plural ġēoten guten
imperative
singular ġēot
plural ġēotaþ
participle present past
ġēotende (ġe)goten
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Middle English: yeten
    • English: yet, ewte (dialectal), yete (obsolete), yeet
    • Scots: ȝet, yet, yat
    • ⇒ English: yote (via past participle yoten) (dialectal)
  • English: gut

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *getaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“take, seize, grasp”). Cognate with Old Frisian jeta, Old High German gezan, gezzan, Old Norse geta (whence English get).

Pronunciation

Verb

ġeotan (Anglian)

  1. Alternative form of ġietan
Conjugation
Conjugation of ġeotan (strong class 5 Anglian)

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infinitive ġeotan¹ ġetenne, ġeotanne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular ġeotu, ġete ġæt
second person singular ġites, ġeotes³ ġēte
third person singular ġiteþ, ġeoteþ² ġæt
plural ġeotaþ² ġētun, ġēton
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular ġete ġēte
plural ġeten ġēten¹¹
imperative
singular ġet
plural ġeotaþ²
participle present past
ġetende (ġe)ġeten

¹In Northumbrian, final -n was regularly lost from these forms
²In Late Northumbrian, final -þ was frequently changed to -s
³In Mercian, final -t was sometimes added to these forms due to West Saxon influence

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