Participles
| Present | brēatende |
| Past | (ġe)brēaten |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | brēate |
| 2nd sing. | brīetst |
| 3rd sing. | brīett; brīet |
| 1st plur. | brēataþ |
| 2nd plur. | brēataþ |
| 3rd plur. | brēataþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | brēot |
| 2nd sing. | brēote |
| 3rd sing. | brēot |
| 1st plur. | brēoton |
| 2nd plur. | brēoton |
| 3rd plur. | brēoton |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | brēate |
| 2nd sing. | brēate |
| 3rd sing. | brēate |
| 1st plur. | brēaten |
| 2nd plur. | brēaten |
| 3rd plur. | brēaten |
Past
| 1st sing. | brēote |
| 2nd sing. | brēote |
| 3rd sing. | brēote |
| 1st plur. | brēoten |
| 2nd plur. | brēoten |
| 3rd plur. | brēoten |
Imperative
| Singular | brēat |
| Plural | brēataþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'breatan'
breatan,
Verbs similar to 'breatan'
beatan,
breotan,
behatan,
betan,
brecan,
bregdan,
bremman,
brengan,
breowan,
breoþan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *brautan, from Proto-Germanic *brautaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewd-. Related to Old Norse breyta, from Proto-Germanic *brautijaną. See: Proto-Germanic '
*brautijaną'.
Sample Sentences