gebetan – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of gebetan

Infinitive

ġebētan
ġebētenne

Participles

Presentġebētende
Pastġebēted

Indicative

Present

1st sing.ġebēte
2nd sing.ġebētest; ġebētst
3rd sing.ġebēteþ; ġebētt; ġebēt
1st plur.ġebētaþ
2nd plur.ġebētaþ
3rd plur.ġebētaþ

Past

1st sing.ġebētte
2nd sing.ġebēttest
3rd sing.ġebētte
1st plur.ġebētton
2nd plur.ġebētton
3rd plur.ġebētton

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.ġebēte
2nd sing.ġebēte
3rd sing.ġebēte
1st plur.ġebēten
2nd plur.ġebēten
3rd plur.ġebēten

Past

1st sing.ġebētte
2nd sing.ġebētte
3rd sing.ġebētte
1st plur.ġebētten
2nd plur.ġebētten
3rd plur.ġebētten

Imperative

Singularġebēt
Pluralġebētaþ

Verbs conjugated like 'gebetan'

gebetan,

Etymology

ġe- + bētan

Sample Sentences

  • Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript A, year 921 (Then King Edward traveled to Colchester with the West Saxon army and repaired the fortress, and rebuilt it where it had been destroyed.)
  • 9th century, Bald's Leechbook vol. I
  • On þām bæðe ġehwelċe morgne drince hē milisċe drincan, sēo ġebēt þā biternesse þæs ġealles. (He should have a sweetened drink in the bath every morning; it will alleviate the bitterness of the bile.)
  • late 9th century, Old English Martyrology
  • Þæs þā ymb twēġen dagas, þǣr hēo slēp æt hire godmēder hūse, þā cōm hire Dēofol tō and hīe āweahte and cwæþ tō hire, "Mīn hlǣfdīġe, ġif þē wæs gold tō lȳtel oþþe seolofor oþþe dīerwierðra ġimma oþþe ǣniġra weoroldwelena, iċ þæt sōna ġebēte, ac ne forlǣt þū mē." (Two days later, while she was asleep at her godmother’s house, a demon came to her and woke her up and said, "My lady, if you had too little gold or silver or precious stones or any kind of worldly goods, I will make up for that immediately, but don’t renounce me.")
  • c. 900, Werferth, translation of the Dialogues of Gregory
  • Hē stōd on triewenre hlǣdre under þām lēohtfæte and ontende and ġebētte þæt lēoht. (He was standing on a wooden ladder under the lamp to kindle the fire.)

Cognates

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