niedan – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of niedan

Infinitive

nīedan
nīedenne

Participles

Presentnīedende
Past(ġe)nīeded

Indicative

Present

1st sing.nīede
2nd sing.nīedest; nīetst
3rd sing.nīedeþ; nīett; nīet
1st plur.nīedaþ
2nd plur.nīedaþ
3rd plur.nīedaþ

Past

1st sing.nīedde
2nd sing.nīeddest
3rd sing.nīedde
1st plur.nīeddon
2nd plur.nīeddon
3rd plur.nīeddon

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.nīede
2nd sing.nīede
3rd sing.nīede
1st plur.nīeden
2nd plur.nīeden
3rd plur.nīeden

Past

1st sing.nīedde
2nd sing.nīedde
3rd sing.nīedde
1st plur.nīedden
2nd plur.nīedden
3rd plur.nīedden

Imperative

Singularnīed
Pluralnīedaþ

Verbs conjugated like 'niedan'

niedan,

Verbs similar to 'niedan'

diedan, þiedan, afedan, aþiedan, bidan, biddan, biegan, bieldan, bindan, bledan,

Etymology

Derived from nīed (“need, compulsion”).

Sample Sentences

  • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Fifth Sunday in Lent"
  • Wē sind ġemanod and ġelaðod tō Godes rīċe, ac wē ne sind nā ġenīeddu. (We're urged and invited to God's kingdom, but we are not forced.)

Cognates

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