wæþan

Old English

Alternative forms

• wēþan — Anglian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *waiþijan, from Proto-Germanic *waiþijaną (“to hunt, pursue, graze, feed”). Cognate with Dutch weiden (“to graze”) and Icelandic veiða (“to hunt, fish”).

Verb

wǣþan

1. to hunt, pursue, chase

Conjugation

Conjugation of wǣþan (weak class 1)

infinitive	wǣþan	wǣþenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	wǣþe	wǣþde
second person singular	wǣþest, wǣst	wǣþdest
third person singular	wǣþeþ, wǣþþ, wǣþ	wǣþde
plural	wǣþaþ	wǣþdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	wǣþe	wǣþde
plural	wǣþen	wǣþden
imperative
singular	wǣþ
plural	wǣþaþ
participle	present	past
	wǣþende	(ġe)wǣþed

Related terms

• wāþ
• wǣþeburne

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wǣþan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.