stihtan
Appearance
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *stihtijan, *stihtōn, from Proto-Germanic *stihtiz (“a step, track, overpass”), from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (“to go, climb”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]stihtan
- to dispose, arrange, regulate
- to instigate, incite
- c. 1000, "The Battle of Maldon", line 127
- Stōdon stædefæste, stihte hī Bryhtnōþ...
- They stood steadfastly, they incited Brhytnoþ...
- c. 1000, "The Battle of Maldon", line 127
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of stihtan (weak class 1)
infinitive | stihtan | stihtenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | stihte | stihte |
second person singular | stihtest, stihst, stihtst | stihtest |
third person singular | stihteþ, stiht | stihte |
plural | stihtaþ | stihton |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | stihte | stihte |
plural | stihten | stihten |
imperative | ||
singular | stiht | |
plural | stihtaþ | |
participle | present | past |
stihtende | (ġe)stihted |
Descendants
[edit]- English: stight
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “stihtan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Categories:
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *steygʰ-
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English verbs
- Old English terms with quotations
- Old English class 1 weak verbs