hebban

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Contents 1 Old English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Conjugation 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Descendants

[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

Proto-Germanic *habjan, from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“‘take, seize’”). Cognate with Old High German heffen (German heben), Old Norse hefja (Danish hæve, Swedish häva), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍆𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hafjan), Old Frisian heva, Old Saxon hebbian (Dutch heffen). The IE root is also the source of Latin capio, Old Irish cacht (Welsh caeth ‘slave’, Breton keaz ‘poor’), Albanian kap ‘grip’, Slavic *xopītī- (Old Church Slavonic хапѭште, Russian хапать), Baltic *kap- (Lithuanian kàpteleti, Latvian kàmpt ‘bite’).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhebːɑn/

[edit] Verb

hebban

1. to lift, to raise up

   Ic hond and rond hebban mihte. I could lift hand and shield. (Beowulf)

[edit] Conjugation

Class VI strong
present	singular	plural
1st person	hebbe	hebbaþ
2nd person	hebbest
3rd person	hebbeþ
subjunctive	hebbe	hebben
preterite	singular	plural
1st person	hōf	hōfon
2nd person	hōfe
3rd person	hōf
subjunctive	hōfe	hōfen
imperative	singular	plural
	hebb	hebbaþ
participle	present	past
	hebbende	(ġe)hafen

[edit] Related terms

• habban
• hæft
• hefiġ
• behoof

[edit] Descendants

• English heave