gorettan

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Old English

Etymology

Unknown. Apparently from a root *gor- (related to Old English gorian (“to look, gaze”)) +‎ -ettan.

Pronunciation

Verb

gorettan

  1. (intransitive) to let one's eyes wander.[1]
    • Hine lǣrð se dēofol þæt hē stande and gorette and lōciġe underbæc ūt.
      The devil teaches him to stand and look around and look back.
  2. (transitive) to pour forth.[1]

Conjugation

Conjugation of gorettan (weak class 1)
infinitive gorettan gorettenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular gorette gorette
second person singular goretst gorettest
third person singular gorett, goret gorette
plural gorettaþ goretton
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular gorette gorette
plural goretten goretten
imperative
singular gorete
plural gorettaþ
participle present past
gorettende (ġe)goreted, (ġe)gorett, (ġe)goret

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “gorettan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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