nihtian
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *nahtēn, from Proto-Germanic *nahtāną.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editnihtian
Conjugation
editConjugation of nihtian (weak class 2)
infinitive | nihtian | nihtienne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | nihtiġe | nihtode |
second person singular | nihtast | nihtodest |
third person singular | nihtaþ | nihtode |
plural | nihtiaþ | nihtodon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | nihtiġe | nihtode |
plural | nihtiġen | nihtoden |
imperative | ||
singular | nihta | |
plural | nihtiaþ | |
participle | present | past |
nihtiende | (ġe)nihtod |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Middle English: nighten
References
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “nihtian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.