ȝeten

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Old English *gēatan.

Verb

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

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

References

Etymology 2

From Old English gēotan.

Verb

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

  1. Alternative form of yeten

Etymology 3

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

Verb

ȝeten

  1. Alternative form of yeten

References

Etymology 4

From Old English ġietan.

Verb

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

  1. Alternative form of yeten
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