gecepan – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of gecepan

Infinitive

ġecēpan; ġeċēpan
ġecēpenne; ġeċēpenne

Participles

Presentġecēpende; ġeċēpende
Pastġecēped; ġeċēped

Indicative

Present

1st sing.ġecēpe; ġeċēpe
2nd sing.ġecēpest; ġecēpst; ġeċēpest; ġeċēpst
3rd sing.ġecēpeþ; ġecēpþ; ġeċēpeþ; ġeċēpþ
1st plur.ġecēpaþ; ġeċēpaþ
2nd plur.ġecēpaþ; ġeċēpaþ
3rd plur.ġecēpaþ; ġeċēpaþ

Past

1st sing.ġecēpte; ġeċēpte
2nd sing.ġecēptest; ġeċēptest
3rd sing.ġecēpte; ġeċēpte
1st plur.ġecēpton; ġeċēpton
2nd plur.ġecēpton; ġeċēpton
3rd plur.ġecēpton; ġeċēpton

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.ġecēpe; ġeċēpe
2nd sing.ġecēpe; ġeċēpe
3rd sing.ġecēpe; ġeċēpe
1st plur.ġecēpen; ġeċēpen
2nd plur.ġecēpen; ġeċēpen
3rd plur.ġecēpen; ġeċēpen

Past

1st sing.ġecēpte; ġeċēpte
2nd sing.ġecēpte; ġeċēpte
3rd sing.ġecēpte; ġeċēpte
1st plur.ġecēpten; ġeċēpten
2nd plur.ġecēpten; ġeċēpten
3rd plur.ġecēpten; ġeċēpten

Imperative

Singularġecēp; ġeċēp
Pluralġecēpaþ; ġeċēpaþ

Verbs conjugated like 'gecepan'

gecepan,

Etymology

From ġe- + cēpan (“to keep, observe”).

Sample Sentences

  • Hīe nān ōþer ðing nyston, būton ꝥ sē cāsere hēte heora ġecēpan, […] (They knew nothing else, except that the emperor would give the order to be on the lookout for them, […])

Cognates

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