hebbian

See also: Hebbian

Old Saxon

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to grasp, to seize”).

Verb

hebbian

1. to have

   haƀdun liudeo giuuald — they had the power of the people (Heliand, verse 59)

   that the gôdo gumo Iohannes te namon hebbean scoldi — that the good man should have Johannes as name (Heliand, verse 134)

   habdun hina bi handun — they had him in their hands (Genesis, verse 300)

Conjugation

Conjugation of hebbian (weak class 3)

infinitive	hebbian
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	hebbiu	havda
2nd person singular	hebbes	havdes
3rd person singular	hebbed	havda
plural	hebbiad	havdun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	hebbie	havdi
2nd person singular	hebbies	havdis
3rd person singular	hebbie	havdi
plural	hebbien	havdin
imperative	present
singular	have
plural	hebbiad
participle	present	past
	hebbiandi	gihavd, havd

Descendants

• Middle Low German: hebben
  • Low German:
    • German Low German: hebben, hewwen
      • Westphalian:

        Münsterländisch: häbben, hävven

        Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: häwwen, häbben

        Sauerländisch: hewwen, häbben, hänn, hann

        Westmünsterländisch: häbben

  • Plautdietsch: haben

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti, from the root *keh₂p- (“to grasp, to seize”).

Verb

hebbian

1. to lift, to raise up

   thuo man thena godes suno an thena galgon huof

   then we raised God's son up to the gallows (Heliand, verse 5623)

Conjugation

Conjugation of hebbian (strong class 6)

infinitive	hebbian
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	hebbiu	hōf
2nd person singular	hevis	hōvi
3rd person singular	hevid	hōf
plural	hebbiad	hōvun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	hebbie	hōvi
2nd person singular	hebbies	hōvis
3rd person singular	hebbie	hōvi
plural	hebbien	hōvin
imperative	present
singular	hebbi
plural	hebbiad
participle	present	past
	hebbiandi	gihavan, havan

Alternative forms

• heffian

Descendants

• Middle Low German: hēven, heffen
  • Low German: heven