fortredan – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of fortredan

Infinitive

fortredan
fortredenne

Participles

Presentfortredende
Pastfortreden

Indicative

Present

1st sing.fortrede
2nd sing.fortritst
3rd sing.fortritt; fortrit
1st plur.fortredaþ
2nd plur.fortredaþ
3rd plur.fortredaþ

Past

1st sing.fortræd
2nd sing.fortrǣde
3rd sing.fortræd
1st plur.fortrǣdon
2nd plur.fortrǣdon
3rd plur.fortrǣdon

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.fortrede
2nd sing.fortrede
3rd sing.fortrede
1st plur.fortreden
2nd plur.fortreden
3rd plur.fortreden

Past

1st sing.fortrǣde
2nd sing.fortrǣde
3rd sing.fortrǣde
1st plur.fortrǣden
2nd plur.fortrǣden
3rd plur.fortrǣden

Imperative

Singularfortred
Pluralfortredaþ

Verbs conjugated like 'fortredan'

betredan, fortredan,

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fratredan. Equivalent to for- + tredan. Cognate with Old High German firtretan. See: Old High German 'firtretan'.

Verbs referencing "fortredan"

English fortread.

Sample Sentences

  • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
  • Þæt sǣd þe fēoll bē ðām weġe mid twyfealdre dare losode, ðāðā weġferende hit fortrǣdon, and fugelas tōbǣron. (The seed that fell by the way perished to a double injury, when the wayfarer tread upon it and when the birds carried it away.)

Cognates

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