ahton

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ahtōn.

Verb

ahton

1. To esteem, care or consider.

   Ofto, varunt mertsiskip bi unsin thorpe. Biwilon komunt anglas oftho bretwalas van Anglalande, biwilon deni van Denamerki. That is guot copmanscepi for unsin thorpe! Thie kopmen brengunt lakon endi arunt van Bretiskon Eilandon. Aftar, gant thie skip verriro na Kolna endi themo Vrenkiskin Rinlando. Ala skip, thie bi unsin thorpe varunt, muotin tolne bitalon themo gravin Thiederike. Thie liudi in Tiela ne blithont ana themo tolne thie wi hebbon, aver wi ne ahton ieht umbi that!

   Often, there are ## around our village. There come sometimes Englishmen (Angles) and Welshmen (Britwelsh) from England. Sometimes Danes from Denmark. That is good buymanship for our village. The commerciants bring ## and ## from the British Isles. Then, the ships go right to Colonia in the Frankish Rhineland. All ships that go through our village must pay a toll for the count Dirk. The people of Tiel is not happy with the toll we have, but that doesn't interest us at all.

Inflection

Conjugation of ahton (weak class 2)

infinitive	ahton
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	ahto, ahton	ahtoda
2nd person singular	ahtos, ahtost	ahtodos
3rd person singular	ahtot	ahtoda
1st person plural	ahton	ahtodun
2nd person plural	ahtot	ahtodut
3rd person plural	ahtont	ahtodun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	ahto	ahtodi
2nd person singular	ahtos, ahtost	ahtodis
3rd person singular	ahto	ahtodi
1st person plural	ahton	ahtodin
2nd person plural	ahtot	ahtodit
3rd person plural	ahton	ahtodin
imperative	present
singular	ahto
plural	ahtot
participle	present	past
	ahtondi	ahtot, giahtot

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: achten
  • Dutch: achten
  • Limburgish: achte

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːx.ton/

Verb

āhton

1. first/second/third-person plural past indicative of āgan

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ahtōn. Cognate with Old Frisian achtia, Old English eahtian, Old High German ahtōn.

Verb

ahtōn

1. to deliberate, hold council, consider
2. to evaluate

Conjugation

Conjugation of ahton (weak class 2)

infinitive	ahton
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	ahton	ahtoda
2nd person singular	ahtos	ahtodes
3rd person singular	ahtod	ahtoda
plural	ahtiod	ahtodun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	ahto	ahtodi
2nd person singular	ahtos	ahtodis
3rd person singular	ahto	ahtodi
plural	ahtion	ahtodin
imperative	present
singular	ahto
plural	ahtiod
participle	present	past
	ahtondi	giahtod, ahtod

Derived terms

• giahton