Participles
| Present | ēhtende |
| Past | (ġe)ēhted |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | ēhte |
| 2nd sing. | ēhtest; ēhst; ēhtst |
| 3rd sing. | ēhteþ; ēht |
| 1st plur. | ēhtaþ |
| 2nd plur. | ēhtaþ |
| 3rd plur. | ēhtaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | ēhte |
| 2nd sing. | ēhtest |
| 3rd sing. | ēhte |
| 1st plur. | ēhton |
| 2nd plur. | ēhton |
| 3rd plur. | ēhton |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | ēhte |
| 2nd sing. | ēhte |
| 3rd sing. | ēhte |
| 1st plur. | ēhten |
| 2nd plur. | ēhten |
| 3rd plur. | ēhten |
Past
| 1st sing. | ēhte |
| 2nd sing. | ēhte |
| 3rd sing. | ēhte |
| 1st plur. | ēhten |
| 2nd plur. | ēhten |
| 3rd plur. | ēhten |
Verbs conjugated like 'ehtan'
ehtan,
Verbs similar to 'ehtan'
etan,
ettan,
ahatan,
bætan,
beatan,
behatan,
betan,
bitan,
dihtan,
eacan,
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *ą̄htijan (“to pursue, persecute”).
Sample Sentences
-
late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
-
God ne ēht nānre wihte, for þȳ hine nān wiht ne mæġ flēon. (God doesn't chase anything, because nothing can run from him.)
-
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
-
Đā ġesēah hē swymman sċealfran on flōde, and ġelōme doppettan ādūne tō grunde, ēhtende ðearle þǣre ēa fixa. (Then he saw loons swim in the water, and often dive down toward the bottom, eagerly chasing the fish of the river.)
Cognates
-