forþgewiten tid

Old English

Etymology

forþġewiten (“past, departed, gone by”) + tīd (“time”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /forθ.jeˈwi.ten tiːd/, [forˠð.jeˈwi.ten tiːd]

Noun

forþġewiten tīd f

1. (grammar) past tense
   • c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice

     Praeteritum tempus ys forþġewiten tīd

     The preterite tense is forþġewiten tīd [in Old English]

Related terms

• tīd
• andweard tīd
• tōweard tīd