þeotan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þeutan, from Proto-Germanic *þeutaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθe͜oː.tɑn/

Verb

þēotan

1. to howl (like a wolf)

Conjugation

Conjugation of þēotan (strong class 2)

infinitive	þēotan	þēotenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	þēote	þēat
second person singular	þīetst	þute
third person singular	þīett, þīet	þēat
plural	þēotaþ	þuton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	þēote	þute
plural	þēoten	þuten
imperative
singular	þēot
plural	þēotaþ
participle	present	past
	þēotende	(ġe)þoten

Derived terms

• āþēotan

Related terms

• ġeþēot n (“howling”)

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “þeotan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.