forþgewiten tid
Old English
Etymology
forþġewiten (“past, departed, gone by”) + tīd (“time”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /forθ.jeˈwi.ten tiːd/, [forˠð.jeˈwi.ten tiːd]
Noun
forþġewiten tīd f
- (grammar) past tense
- c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice
- Praeteritum tempus ys forþġewiten tīd
- The preterite tense is forþġewiten tīd [in Old English]
- c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice