ahebban – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of ahebban

Infinitive

āhebban
āhebbenne

Participles

Presentāhebbende
Pastāhæfen; āhafen; āhefen

Indicative

Present

1st sing.āhebbe
2nd sing.āhefst
3rd sing.āhefeþ
1st plur.āhebbaþ
2nd plur.āhebbaþ
3rd plur.āhebbaþ

Past

1st sing.āhōf
2nd sing.āhōfe
3rd sing.āhōf
1st plur.āhōfon
2nd plur.āhōfon
3rd plur.āhōfon

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.āhebbe
2nd sing.āhebbe
3rd sing.āhebbe
1st plur.āhebben
2nd plur.āhebben
3rd plur.āhebben

Past

1st sing.āhōfe
2nd sing.āhōfe
3rd sing.āhōfe
1st plur.āhōfen
2nd plur.āhōfen
3rd plur.āhōfen

Imperative

Singularāhefe
Pluralāhebbaþ

Verbs conjugated like 'ahebban'

ahebban,

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *uʀhabbjan, from Proto-Germanic *uzhabjaną. Equivalent to Compound of ā + hebban. Cognate with Old Saxon āhebbian, Old High German irheven, irheffen (whence German erheben), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌷𐌰𐍆𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ushafjan). See: German, old spelling 'erheben'.

Sample Sentences

  • c. 992, Ælfric, "Preface"
  • Eft cwæð se Ælmihtiga to þam witegan Isaiam, "Clypa and ne geswic ðu, āhefe þine stemne swā swā byme, and cyð minum folce heora leahtras, and Iacobes hirede heora synna." (Again the Almighty spake to the prophet Isaiah, "Cry and cease thou not, raise thy voice as a trumpet, and declare to my people their crimes, and to the family of Jacob their sins.")

Cognates

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