underþeodan
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Equivalent to under- + þēodan.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
underþēodan
- (dative or preposition) to subjugate, make subject (beneath or under) (+ under)
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
- Ðū þe ūs lǣrdest þæt wē underþīeddan ūrne lȳcuman ūre mōde.
- Thou who hast taught us to subject our body to our mind.
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
- to subject to something; to make endure; to make liable
- to subjoin, add
- to support
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of underþēodan (weak class 1)
infinitive | underþēodan | underþēodenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | underþēode | underþēodde |
second person singular | underþēodest, underþēotst | underþēoddest |
third person singular | underþēodeþ, underþēott, underþēot | underþēodde |
plural | underþēodaþ | underþēoddon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | underþēode | underþēodde |
plural | underþēoden | underþēodden |
imperative | ||
singular | underþēod | |
plural | underþēodaþ | |
participle | present | past |
underþēodende | underþēoded |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “UNDERÞĒODAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.