wiþhabban
Old English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editwiþhabban
- to hold out against, withstand
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:
- Gif ðæs synfullan ingehȳd bið gehrepod mid fyrhte ðæs upplīcan dōmes, ðonne wiðhæfð hē ðām unlustum.
- If the sinful's intent be touched with divination of celestial judgement, then he withstands the evil lust.
- to restrain
Conjugation
editConjugation of wiþhabban (weak class 3)
infinitive | wiþhabban | wiþhæbbenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | wiþhæbbe | wiþhæfde |
second person singular | wiþhæfst | wiþhæfdest |
third person singular | wiþhæfþ | wiþhæfde |
plural | wiþhabbaþ | wiþhæfdon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | wiþhæbbe | wiþhæfde |
plural | wiþhæbben | wiþhæfden |
imperative | ||
singular | wiþhafa | |
plural | wiþhabbaþ | |
participle | present | past |
wiþhæbbende | wiþhæfd |
References
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wiþhabban”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.