forewitan
Old English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editforewitan
- to foreknow
Conjugation
editConjugation of forewitan (preterite-present)
infinitive | forewitan | forewitenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | forewāt | forewisse, forewiste |
second person singular | forewāst | forewissest, forewistest |
third person singular | forewāt | forewisse, forewiste |
plural | forewiton | forewisson, forewiston |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | forewite | forewisse, forewiste |
plural | forewiten | forewissen, forewisten |
imperative | ||
singular | forewite | |
plural | forewitaþ | |
participle | present | past |
forewitende | forewiten |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “fórewitan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.