mannian

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mannōną. Equivalent to mann +‎ -ian.

Verb

mannian

1. to man, garrison

Conjugation

Conjugation of mannian (weak class 2)

infinitive	mannian	mannienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	manniġe	mannode
second person singular	mannast	mannodest
third person singular	mannaþ	mannode
plural	manniaþ	mannodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	manniġe	mannode
plural	manniġen	mannoden
imperative
singular	manna
plural	manniaþ
participle	present	past
	manniende	(ġe)mannod

Derived terms

• fulmannod
• ġemannian

Descendants

• Middle English: mannen
  • English: man

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “mannian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.