astingan – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of astingan

Infinitive

āstingan
āstingenne

Participles

Presentāstingende
Pastāstungen

Indicative

Present

1st sing.āstinge
2nd sing.āstingst
3rd sing.āstingþ
1st plur.āstingaþ
2nd plur.āstingaþ
3rd plur.āstingaþ

Past

1st sing.āstang
2nd sing.āstunge
3rd sing.āstang
1st plur.āstungon
2nd plur.āstungon
3rd plur.āstungon

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.āstinge
2nd sing.āstinge
3rd sing.āstinge
1st plur.āstingen
2nd plur.āstingen
3rd plur.āstingen

Past

1st sing.āstunge
2nd sing.āstunge
3rd sing.āstunge
1st plur.āstungen
2nd plur.āstungen
3rd plur.āstungen

Imperative

Singularāsting
Pluralāstingaþ

Verbs conjugated like 'astingan'

astingan,

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *uzstinganą, equivalent to ā- + stingan, literally “to stab out.” Cognate with Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (usstaggan).

Sample Sentences

  • late 9th century, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript A, year 491 (In this year, the Romans cut out Pope Leo's tongue and gouged out his eyes.)
  • The Life of Saint Margaret
  • Sēo hālġe Margarīta ġegrāp þā dēofol be þām locce and hine on eorðan āwearp and his swīðre ēage ūt āstang, and eall his bān hēo tōbrȳsde. (Saint Margaret grabbed a demon by the hair and threw him on the ground and gouged out his right eye, and shattered all his bones.)

Cognates

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