wæþan

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *waiþijan, from Proto-Germanic *waiþijaną (“to hunt, pursue, graze, feed”). Cognate with Dutch weiden (“to graze”) and Icelandic veiða (“to hunt, fish”).

Verb

wǣþan

  1. to hunt, pursue, chase

Conjugation

Conjugation of wǣþan (weak, class 1)
infinitive wǣþan wǣþenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular wǣþe wǣþde
second person singular wǣþest, wǣst wǣþdest
third person singular wǣþeþ, wǣþþ, wǣþ wǣþde
plural wǣþaþ wǣþdon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular wǣþe wǣþde
plural wǣþen wǣþden
imperative
singular wǣþ
plural wǣþaþ
participle present past
wǣþende (ġe)wǣþed

References

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