forþgewiten tid

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Old English

Etymology

forþġewiten (“past, departed, gone by”) + tīd (“time”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /forθ.jeˈwi.ten tiːd/, [forˠð.jeˈwi.ten tiːd]

Noun

forþġewiten tīd f

(grammar) past tense
- c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice
  Praeteritum tempus ys forþġewiten tīd
  The preterite tense is forþġewiten tīd [in Old English]

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