ȝeten

Middle English

Alternative forms

yeten, ȝetten, geten

Etymology 1

From Old English ġēatan, from Proto-Germanic *jahatjaną.

Verb

ȝeten (third-person singular simple present ȝeteþ, present participle ȝetende, simple past ȝatte, past participle ȝet)

To give by grant; to confer, bestow.
To give something up to someone; to yield.
To provide a service, e.g. counsel.
To give affirmation or permission; to assent.
To allow.
To admit, recognize or confess something to be true; to acknowledge.
(optative) May it be that...; were it that...

Conjugation

Conjugation of ȝeten (irregular weak)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	(to) ȝeten
1st person singular	ȝete	ȝatte, gatte, ȝeted
2nd person singular	ȝetest	ȝattest, ȝetedest
3rd person singular	ȝeteþ, ȝeteth	ȝatte, gatte, ȝeted
plural	ȝeten	gatte(n), yete(n), *yeted(en)
subjunctive	present	past
singular	ȝete	*gatte
plural	ȝeten	gatte(n), yete(n), *yeted(en)
imperative	present
singular	ȝete
plural	ȝeteþ, ȝeteth
participle	present	past
participle	ȝetende, ȝetinge	ȝet, *ȝeted

References

“yeten, (v.2)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 4 May 2018.

Etymology 2

From Old English ġēotan.

Verb

ȝeten (third-person singular simple present ȝetteþ, present participle ȝetende, simple past ȝette, past participle yȝotte)

Alternative form of yeten

Etymology 3

From ye (“you (plural)”) + -t- + -en (“infinitive marker”).

Verb

ȝeten

Alternative form of yeten

References

“yeten, (v.4)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 4 May 2018.

Etymology 4

From Old English ġietan.

Verb

ȝeten (third-person singular simple present ȝeteth, present participle ȝetende, simple past ȝat, past participle iȝeten)

Alternative form of yeten

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