aþeotan

Old English

Etymology

From ā- +‎ þēotan (“to howl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈθe͜oː.tɑn/

Verb

āþēotan

1. to wind, sound or blow a musical instrument

Conjugation

Conjugation of āþēotan (strong class 2)

infinitive	āþēotan	āþēotenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	āþēote	āþēat
second person singular	āþīetst	āþute
third person singular	āþīett, āþīet	āþēat
plural	āþēotaþ	āþuton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	āþēote	āþute
plural	āþēoten	āþuten
imperative
singular	āþēot
plural	āþēotaþ
participle	present	past
	āþēotende	āþoten

Synonyms

• blāwan (“to blow”)
• bȳmian (“to play trumpet”)
• cnyllan (“to knell, sound”)
• drēman (“to play an instrument”)
• glywian (“to sing, play an instrument, jest”)
• hringan (“to ring, sound a bell”)
• lēoþian (“to sing, sound”)
• swēgan (“to make sound, sound music, signify”)
• swinsian (“to make melodious sound or music”)

See also

• āhlēoþrian (“to sound”)
• ǣþm m (“breath, hot vapor”)
• ǣþmian (“to send forth vapor or smell, move emotionally”)
• brǣþ m (“a smell, breath”)
• ēþian (“breathe, inspire, smell”)
• hlēoþor n (“hearing, sound, speech, voice, song”)
• hlēoþrian (“to voice, sing, speak, resound”)
• swēg m (“a din, cacophony, vocal or instrumental sound”)

References

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