dihtan – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of dihtan

Infinitive

dihtan
dihtenne

Participles

Presentdihtende
Past(ġe)dihted

Indicative

Present

1st sing.dihte
2nd sing.dihtest; dihst; dihtst
3rd sing.dihteþ; diht
1st plur.dihtaþ
2nd plur.dihtaþ
3rd plur.dihtaþ

Past

1st sing.dihte
2nd sing.dihtest
3rd sing.dihte
1st plur.dihton
2nd plur.dihton
3rd plur.dihton

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.dihte
2nd sing.dihte
3rd sing.dihte
1st plur.dihten
2nd plur.dihten
3rd plur.dihten

Past

1st sing.dihte
2nd sing.dihte
3rd sing.dihte
1st plur.dihten
2nd plur.dihten
3rd plur.dihten

Imperative

Singulardiht
Pluraldihtaþ

Verbs conjugated like 'dihtan'

siftan, fyrhtan, plihtan, sieltan, ambehtan, fulwihtan, cræftan, mieltan, dihtan, gyltan, miltan, myltan, hentan, hyrtan, hæftan, tyhtan, stihtan, styntan, wieltan, rihtan, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'dihtan'

adihtan, dihtian, lihtan, rihtan, alihtan, bitan, dician, diedan, diepan, dihtnian,

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dihtijan (“to order, instruct”). Equivalent to diht (“order, instruction”) + -an.

Verbs referencing "dihtan"

Scots dicht, English dight, Swedish dikta, Middle English dighten.

Sample Sentences

Cognates

See the 3 cognates of dihtan