Participles
| Present | ġietende |
| Past | (ġe)ġeten |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | ġiete |
| 2nd sing. | ġietst |
| 3rd sing. | ġiett; ġiet |
| 1st plur. | ġietaþ |
| 2nd plur. | ġietaþ |
| 3rd plur. | ġietaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | ġeat |
| 2nd sing. | ġēate |
| 3rd sing. | ġeat |
| 1st plur. | ġēaton |
| 2nd plur. | ġēaton |
| 3rd plur. | ġēaton |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | ġiete |
| 2nd sing. | ġiete |
| 3rd sing. | ġiete |
| 1st plur. | ġieten |
| 2nd plur. | ġieten |
| 3rd plur. | ġieten |
Past
| 1st sing. | ġēate |
| 2nd sing. | ġēate |
| 3rd sing. | ġēate |
| 1st plur. | ġēaten |
| 2nd plur. | ġēaten |
| 3rd plur. | ġēaten |
Imperative
| Singular | ġiet |
| Plural | ġietaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'gietan'
gietan,
Verbs similar to 'gietan'
geetan,
giefan,
gieman,
gretan,
agiefan,
ametan,
begietan,
betan,
biegan,
bitan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *getan, from Proto-Germanic *getaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“take, seize, grasp”). Cognate with Old Frisian jeta, Old High German gezan, gezzan, Old Norse geta (whence English get). See: Proto-Germanic '
*getaną', Old High German 'gezan'.
Sample Sentences
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…hē on merġenne mēċes eċġum ġētan wolde sum on galgtrēowum fēðan tō gamene. (…he in the morning wished to kill, for mirth, some of the army on gallows trees by edges of a sword.) [c. 700–1000, Beowulf:]
Cognates
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