ieþan

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Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *auþijaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

īeþan (West Saxon)

  1. to destroy, to lay waste
    • 10th century, The Wanderer:
      Ȳþde swā þisne eardġeard · ælda Sċyppend
      oþþæt burgwara · breahtma lēase
      eald enta ġeweorc · īdlu stōdon.
      Thus, Creator of men was destroying this world
      until works of old giants, lacking of
      citizens' noises, stood empty.

Conjugation

Conjugation of īeþan (weak class 1)
infinitive īeþan īeþenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular īeþe īeþde
second person singular īeþest, īest īeþdest
third person singular īeþeþ, īeþþ, īeþ īeþde
plural īeþaþ īeþdon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular īeþe īeþde
plural īeþen īeþden
imperative
singular īeþ
plural īeþaþ
participle present past
īeþende (ġe)īeþed
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