Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English ġēatan, from Proto-Germanic *jahatjaną.

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ȝeten (third-person singular simple present ȝeteþ, present participle ȝetende, first-/third-person singular past indicative ȝette, past participle ȝet)

  1. To give by grant; to confer, bestow.
  2. To give something up to someone; to yield.
  3. To provide a service, e.g. counsel.
  4. To give affirmation or permission; to assent.
  5. To allow.
  6. To admit, recognize or confess something to be true; to acknowledge.
  7. (optative) May it be that...; were it that...
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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ȝeten

  1. Alternative form of yeten (to flow)

Etymology 3

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Verb

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ȝeten

  1. Alternative form of yeten (to address with "ye")

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Etymology 4

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Verb

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ȝeten

  1. Alternative form of yeten (to get)