aniedan

Old English

Alternative forms

• ānīdan, ānȳdan

Etymology

By surface analysis, ā- +‎ nīedan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈni͜yː.dɑn/

Verb

ānīedan

1. to force
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     ...hīe fram his magum ǣr mid unryhte ānīdde wǣrun.

     ...they had previously been unjustly forced from their kinsmen.

2. to restrain, constrain
3. to repel, beat back

Conjugation

Conjugation of ānīedan (weak class 1)

infinitive	ānīedan	ānīedenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ānīede	ānīedde
second person singular	ānīedest, ānīetst	ānīeddest
third person singular	ānīedeþ, ānīett, ānīet	ānīedde
plural	ānīedaþ	ānīeddon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ānīede	ānīedde
plural	ānīeden	ānīedden
imperative
singular	ānīed
plural	ānīedaþ
participle	present	past
	ānīedende	ānīeded

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “a-nýdan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.