hebbian

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Old Saxon

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to grasp, to seize”).

Verb

hebbian

  1. to have
    haƀdun liudeo giuuald — they had the power of the people (Heliand, verse 59)
    that the gôdo gumo Iohannes te namon hebbean scoldi — that the good man should have Johannes as name (Heliand, verse 134)
    habdun hina bi handun — they had him in their hands (Genesis, verse 300)
Conjugation
Conjugation of hebbian (weak class 3)
infinitive hebbian
indicative present past
1st person singular hebbiu havda
2nd person singular hebbes havdes
3rd person singular hebbed havda
plural hebbiad havdun
subjunctive present past
1st person singular hebbie havdi
2nd person singular hebbies havdis
3rd person singular hebbie havdi
plural hebbien havdin
imperative present
singular have
plural hebbiad
participle present past
hebbiandi gihavd, havd
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti, from the root *keh₂p- (“to grasp, to seize”).

Verb

hebbian

  1. to lift, to raise up
    thuo man thena godes suno an thena galgon huof
    then we raised God's son up to the gallows (Heliand, verse 5623)
Conjugation
Conjugation of hebbian (strong class 6)
infinitive hebbian
indicative present past
1st person singular hebbiu hōf
2nd person singular hevis hōvi
3rd person singular hevid hōf
plural hebbiad hōvun
subjunctive present past
1st person singular hebbie hōvi
2nd person singular hebbies hōvis
3rd person singular hebbie hōvi
plural hebbien hōvin
imperative present
singular hebbi
plural hebbiad
participle present past
hebbiandi gihavan, havan
Alternative forms
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