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ETAN

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
ETAN, to etanne; part. etende; ic ete, ðú etest, etst, itst, ytst, ætst, he, heó, hit, yt, ytt, et, ett, eteþ, ieteþ, iteþ, yteþ, pl. etaþ; p. ic, he æt, ðú ǽte, pl. ǽton; subj. indef. ic ete, æte, pl. eten; p. ǽte, pl. ǽten; pp. eten; v.a.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §18; §24; §48; §80; §93; §96; §119; §196; §200; §232; §240; §298; §305; §472; §476; §505;
To EAT, consume, devour; ĕdĕre, cŏmĕdĕre, mandūcāre, vescĕre
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  • Ðú scealt greót etan

    thou shalt eat dust [grit ],

    • Cd. 43
      • ;
    • Th. 56,
      • 9;
    • Gen. 909: 43
      • ;
    • Th. 57,
      • 28;
    • Gen. 935
      • .

  • Seó leó bringþ hungregum hwelpum hwæt to etanne

    the lioness brings to hungry whelps somewhat to eat,

    • Ors. 3,
      • 11;
    • Bos. 71,
      • 38.

  • Rýnde him manna [mete] to etanne

    pluit illis manna ad mandūcandum,

    • Ps. Spl. 77,
      • 28.

  • Ðæt treów wæs gód to etanne

    quod bŏnum esset lignum vescendum.

    • Gen. 3,
      • 6.

  • Etende

    eating,

    • Ps. Th. 105,
      • 17.

  • Ic ete ĕdo, ðú etst [ytst MS. D.] es, he et [ett MS. C; ytt D.] est; we etaþ ĕdĭmus, gé etaþ ĕdiĭtis, hí etaþ

    ĕdunt,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 32
      • ;
    • Som. 36, 18,
      • 19.

  • ÐÚ itst oððe drincst

    thou eatest or drinkest,

    • Bt. 14,
      • 1;
    • Fox 42,
      • 14.

  • Ðú ytst wyrta

    thou shalt eat herbs,

    • Gen. 3,
      • 18.

  • ÐÚ ætst

    thou shalt eat;

    cŏmĕdes,
    • Gen. 3,
      • 17.

  • Ðe ytt hláf

    qui mandūcat pánem,

    • Jn. Bos. 13,
      • 18.

  • Se tó seldan ieteþ

    he too seldom eats,

    • Exon. 90 b
      • ;
    • Th. 340,
      • 16;
    • Gn. Ex. 112
      • .

  • Ne wiht iteþ

    nor eats a thing [creature ],

    114 b;
    • Th. 439,
      • 28;
    • Rä. 59,
      • 10.

  • Gé etaþ

    ye eat,

    • Gen. 3,
      • 5.

  • Ðú- ǽte of ðam treówe

    thou hast eaten of the tree;

    cŏmēdisti de ligno.
    • Gen. 3,
      • 17.

  • He æt ða offring-hláfas

    pānes prōpŏsĭtiōnis cŏmēdit,

    • Mt. Bos. 12,
      • 4.

  • He æt

    he ate,

    • Gen. 3,
      • 6.

  • Fuglas ǽton ða

    vŏlucres cŏmēdērunt ea,

    • Mt. Bos. 13,
      • 4.

  • Ðeáh ðe gé of ðam treówe eten [MS. eton]

    though ye should eat of the tree,

    • Gen. 3,
      • 4.

  • Ðæt gé ne ǽton

    ut non cŏmĕdĕrētis,

    • 3, 1. 3,
Etymology
[
Tynd. eat:
Wyc. Chauc. ete:
Piers P. eten, ete:
R. Glouc. ete:
Laym. æten, eten:
Orm. etenn:
Northumb. eta:
Plat. eten:
O. Sax. etán:
Frs. ytten:
O. Frs. eta, ita:
Dut. eten:
Ger. essen:
M.H. Ger. ëzzen:
O.H. Ger. ezan, ezzan:
Goth. itan; p. at, etum; pp. itans:
Dan. äde:
Swed. äta:
Icel. eta:
Lat. ĕd-o:
Grk. ἔδω
Sansk, ad to eat
.]
Derived forms
fretan [= for-etan], ge-etan, of-, ofer-, þurh-, under-
Linked entries
v.  æt ǽt ǽton ǽtten eotendan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ETAN.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/9749.

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