Participles
| Present | efnetende |
| Past | (ġe)efneten |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | efnete |
| 2nd sing. | efnitst |
| 3rd sing. | efnitt; efnit |
| 1st plur. | efnetaþ |
| 2nd plur. | efnetaþ |
| 3rd plur. | efnetaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | efnǣt |
| 2nd sing. | efnǣte |
| 3rd sing. | efnǣt |
| 1st plur. | efnǣton |
| 2nd plur. | efnǣton |
| 3rd plur. | efnǣton |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | efnete |
| 2nd sing. | efnete |
| 3rd sing. | efnete |
| 1st plur. | efneten |
| 2nd plur. | efneten |
| 3rd plur. | efneten |
Past
| 1st sing. | efnǣte |
| 2nd sing. | efnǣte |
| 3rd sing. | efnǣte |
| 1st plur. | efnǣten |
| 2nd plur. | efnǣten |
| 3rd plur. | efnǣten |
Imperative
| Singular | efnet |
| Plural | efnetaþ |
Verbs similar to 'efnetan'
efenetan,
efnettan,
efnmetan,
efenmetan,
efestan,
efnan,
efstan,
fnesan,
fretan,
æfnan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *ebanetan, equivalent to efn- + etan. Cognate with Old High German ebanezzan (“to eat together”). See: Old High German 'ebanezzan'.
Sample Sentences
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Iċ mēsan mæġ meahtelīcor (I can feed more mightily
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and eat as much as an old giant) [Exeter Book, riddle 40]
Cognates
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