geotan

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *geutan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈje͜oː.tɑn/

Verb

ġēotan

1. to pour
2. to shed (blood, sweat, tears)
3. to cast, found (metal)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġēotan (strong class 2)

infinitive	ġēotan	ġēotenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġēote	ġēat
second person singular	ġīetst	gute
third person singular	ġīett, ġīet	ġēat
plural	ġēotaþ	guton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġēote	gute
plural	ġēoten	guten
imperative
singular	ġēot
plural	ġēotaþ
participle	present	past
	ġēotende	(ġe)goten

Derived terms

• āġēotan
• beġēotan
• blōdġēotan
• ġeondġēotan
• inġēotan
• ofġēotan
• oferġēotan
• onġēotan
• þurhġēotan
• tēarġēotan
• tōġēotan

Related terms

• gutt
• gyte

Descendants

• Middle English: yeten
  • English: yet, ewte (dialectal), yete (obsolete), yeet
  • Scots: ȝet, yet, yat
  • ⇒ English: yote (via past participle yoten) (dialectal)
• English: gut

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *getaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“take, seize, grasp”). Cognate with Old Frisian jeta, Old High German gezan, gezzan, Old Norse geta (whence English get).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈje͜o.tɑn/

Verb

ġeotan (Anglian)

1. Alternative form of ġietan

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġeotan (strong class 5 Anglian)

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infinitive	ġeotan¹	ġetenne, ġeotanne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġeotu, ġete	ġæt
second person singular	ġites, ġeotes³	ġēte
third person singular	ġiteþ, ġeoteþ²	ġæt
plural	ġeotaþ²	ġētun, ġēton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġete	ġēte
plural	ġeten	ġēten¹¹
imperative
singular	ġet
plural	ġeotaþ²
participle	present	past
	ġetende	(ġe)ġeten

¹In Northumbrian, final -n was regularly lost from these forms
²In Late Northumbrian, final -þ was frequently changed to -s
³In Mercian, final -t was sometimes added to these forms due to West Saxon influence