motan – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of motan

Infinitive

mōtan

Participles

Indicative

Present

1st sing.mōt
2nd sing.mōst
3rd sing.mōt
1st plur.mōton
2nd plur.mōton
3rd plur.mōton

Past

1st sing.mōste
2nd sing.mōstest
3rd sing.mōste
1st plur.mōston
2nd plur.mōston
3rd plur.mōston

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.mōte
2nd sing.mōte
3rd sing.mōte
1st plur.mōten
2nd plur.mōten
3rd plur.mōten

Past

1st sing.mōste
2nd sing.mōste
3rd sing.mōste
1st plur.mōsten
2nd plur.mōsten
3rd plur.mōsten

Imperative

Verbs conjugated like 'motan'

motan,

Verbs similar to 'motan'

mætan, metan, motian, ametan, bætan, betan, bitan, blotan, botian, ehtan,

Etymology

1. From Proto-West Germanic *mōtan, from Proto-Germanic *mōtaną.
2. Cognate with Old Saxon mōtan, Old High German muozan (German müssen), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐍉𐍄𐌰𐌽 (gamōtan). See: Proto-Germanic '*mōtaną', Old High German 'muozan', German, old spelling 'müssen'.

Sample Sentences

  • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
  • Rōmāne hæfdon þā nīewlīċe ġesett þæt þā þe hætt beran mōston, þonne hīe hwelċ folc oferwunnen hæfdon, þæt þā mōston ǣġðer habban ġe feorh ġe frēodōm. (The Romans had recently passed a law that whenever they conquered a people, anyone who was allowed to wear a hat could keep both their life and their freedom.)
  • late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
  • Be þām hringum man meahte witan hwæt Rōmāna duguþe ġefeallen wæs, for þon þe hit wæs þēaw mid him on þām dagum þæt nān ōðer ne mōste gyldenne hring werian būtan hē æðeles cynnes wǣre. (You could tell by the rings how much of the Roman nobility had fallen, because the custom back then was that no one could wear a gold ring unless they were from a noble family.)
  • “Mīn fæder, mōt iċ þē āwihtes āscian?” Cwæþ hē, “Āsca þæs þe þū wille.” (“My father, can I ask you something?”
  • He said, “Ask whatever you want.”) [late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History:]

Cognates

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