Participles
| Present | nytende |
| Past | (ġe)nyten |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | nāt |
| 2nd sing. | nāst |
| 3rd sing. | nāt |
| 1st plur. | nyton |
| 2nd plur. | nyton |
| 3rd plur. | nyton |
Past
| 1st sing. | nysse; nyste |
| 2nd sing. | nyssest; nystest |
| 3rd sing. | nysse; nyste |
| 1st plur. | nysson; nyston |
| 2nd plur. | nysson; nyston |
| 3rd plur. | nysson; nyston |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | nyte |
| 2nd sing. | nyte |
| 3rd sing. | nyte |
| 1st plur. | nyten |
| 2nd plur. | nyten |
| 3rd plur. | nyten |
Past
| 1st sing. | nysse; nyste |
| 2nd sing. | nysse; nyste |
| 3rd sing. | nysse; nyste |
| 1st plur. | nyssen; nysten |
| 2nd plur. | nyssen; nysten |
| 3rd plur. | nyssen; nysten |
Verbs conjugated like 'nytan'
nytan,
Verbs similar to 'nytan'
nitan,
pytan,
snytan,
tytan,
ytan,
bætan,
betan,
bitan,
bygan,
bytlan,
Etymology
Contraction of ne (“not”) + witan (“to know”).
Sample Sentences
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c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
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Nāt iċ hwǣr iċ finde mīne bōc. (I don't know where to find my book.)
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c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 20:22 (You two don't know what you're asking for.)
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Matthew 21:27 (Then they answered and said, "We don't know.")
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Matthew 26:70 (And he denied it in front of everyone and said, "I don't know what you're talking about.")
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c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Luke 23:34 (Father, forgive them, because they don't know what they're doing.)
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John 8:14 (You don't know where I came from or where I'm going.)
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John 9:12 (Then they said to him, "Where is he?" And he said, "I don't know.")
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John 9:25 (Whether he's a sinner, I don't know. One thing I do know is, I was blind, and now I can see.)
Cognates
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