hreddan – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of hreddan

Infinitive

hreddan
hreddenne

Participles

Presenthreddende
Past(ġe)hreded; (ġe)hredd; (ġe)hred

Indicative

Present

1st sing.hredde
2nd sing.hretst
3rd sing.hrett; hret
1st plur.hreddaþ
2nd plur.hreddaþ
3rd plur.hreddaþ

Past

1st sing.hredde
2nd sing.hreddest
3rd sing.hredde
1st plur.hreddon
2nd plur.hreddon
3rd plur.hreddon

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.hredde
2nd sing.hredde
3rd sing.hredde
1st plur.hredden
2nd plur.hredden
3rd plur.hredden

Past

1st sing.hredde
2nd sing.hredde
3rd sing.hredde
1st plur.hredden
2nd plur.hredden
3rd plur.hredden

Imperative

Singularhrede
Pluralhreddaþ

Verbs conjugated like 'hreddan'

hreddan,

Verbs similar to 'hreddan'

ahreddan, hreodan, bregdan, fredan, hedan, hieldan, hierdan, hradian, hreman, hremman,

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hraddjan, from Proto-Germanic *hradjaną (“to save, rescue”). Akin to Old Frisian hredda, Old High German *retten (German retten). See: Proto-Germanic '*hradjaną', German, old spelling 'retten'.

Verbs referencing "hreddan"

English rid, Middle English redden, English redd, Scots redd, Serbo-Croatian krotiti, Serbo-Croatian кротити.

Sample Sentences

  • c. 995, Ælfric, Homilies, "On the Holy Day of Pentecost"
  • ... forðan ðe God hī hredde wið heora fȳnd, ... (... because God had saved them from their enemies, ...)

Cognates

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