ateorian – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of ateorian

Infinitive

āteorian
āteorienne

Participles

Presentāteoriende
Pastāteorod

Indicative

Present

1st sing.āteoriġe
2nd sing.āteorast
3rd sing.āteoraþ
1st plur.āteoriaþ
2nd plur.āteoriaþ
3rd plur.āteoriaþ

Past

1st sing.āteorode
2nd sing.āteorodest
3rd sing.āteorode
1st plur.āteorodon
2nd plur.āteorodon
3rd plur.āteorodon

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.āteoriġe
2nd sing.āteoriġe
3rd sing.āteoriġe
1st plur.āteoriġen
2nd plur.āteoriġen
3rd plur.āteoriġen

Past

1st sing.āteorode
2nd sing.āteorode
3rd sing.āteorode
1st plur.āteoroden
2nd plur.āteoroden
3rd plur.āteoroden

Imperative

Singularāteora
Pluralāteoriaþ

Etymology

By surface analysis, ā- + teorian.

Sample Sentences

  • Woruldlīċe ǣhta āteoriaþ, ac sōþ ġelēafa belīfþ ā. (Worldly possessions fail, but true belief always survives.)
  • Þæt wīf āteorode for þām þe hēo tō lange wacode. (The woman grew tired because she had been awake for too long.)
  • Ne āteoraþ ūs nǣfre nān hungriġ mūþ tō fēdenne. (We will never want for a hungry mouth to feed (literally "To us, a hungry mouth to feed is never lacking").)
  • Þæt word bēon āteoraþ on Englisċ, for þām þe hit nāne forþġewitene tīde næfþ. (The verb "bēon" is defective in Old English, because it doesn't have a past tense.)

Cognates

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