ȝeten

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English ġēatan, from Proto-Germanic *jahatjaną.

Alternative forms

yeten, ȝetten, geten

Verb

ȝeten (third-person singular simple present ȝeteþ, present participle ȝetende, first-/third-person singular past indicative ȝette, past participle ȝet)

To give by grant; to confer, bestow.
To give something up to someone; to yield.
To provide a service, e.g. counsel.
To give affirmation or permission; to assent.
To allow.
To admit, recognize or confess something to be true; to acknowledge.
(optative) May it be that...; were it that...

Conjugation

Conjugation of *ȝeten* (weak in -te/-ed)
	present tense	past tense
infinitive	(to) ȝeten, ȝete

1st-person singular	ȝete	ȝette, ȝeted
2nd-person singular	ȝetest	ȝettest, ȝetedest
3rd-person singular	ȝeteth	ȝette, ȝeted
subjunctive singular	ȝete	ȝette, ȝeted
imperative singular	ȝete	—

plural¹	ȝeten, ȝete	ȝetten, ȝette, ȝeteden, ȝetede
imperative plural	ȝeteth, ȝete	—

participles	ȝetynge, ȝetende	ȝet, ȝeted, yȝet, yȝeted

¹ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

References

“yeten, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 4 May 2018.

Etymology 2

Verb

ȝeten

alternative form of yeten (“to flow”)

Etymology 3

Verb

ȝeten

alternative form of yeten (“to address with "ye"”)

References

“yeten, v.(4).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 4 May 2018.

Etymology 4

Verb

ȝeten

alternative form of yeten (“to get”)