onettan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *anahatjaną, equivalent to on- +‎ hettan. Cognate with Old High German anazzan (“to solicit, excite, inflame, instigate”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈo.net.tɑn/

Verb

ōnettan

  1. to move quickly; hurry; hasten
    • 10th century, The Seafarer:
      Bearwas blōstmum nimað, byriġ fæġriað, wongas wlitiġað, woruld ōnetteð. Ealle þā ġemoniað mōdes fūsne sefan tō sīþe, þām þe swā þenċeð on flōdwegas, feor ġewītað.
      Groves bloom with bloomers, towns blossom, fields grow fair, the world runs forth. These things drive the keen heart of mind on the way, whom thinks so on seaways, set out far away.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ōnettan (weak, class 1)
infinitive ōnettan ōnettenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular ōnette ōnette
second person singular ōnetst ōnettest
third person singular ōnett, ōnet ōnette
plural ōnettaþ ōnetton
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular ōnette ōnette
plural ōnetten ōnetten
imperative
singular ōnete
plural ōnettaþ
participle present past
ōnettende (ġe)ōneted, (ġe)ōnett, (ġe)ōnet
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