stihtan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stihtijan, *stihtōn, from Proto-Germanic *stihtiz (“a step, track, overpass”), from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (“to go, climb”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstix.tɑn/, [ˈstiç.tɑn]

Verb

stihtan

1. to dispose, arrange, regulate
2. to instigate, incite
   • c. 1000, "The Battle of Maldon", line 127

     Stōdon stædefæste, stihte hī Bryhtnōþ...

     They stood steadfastly, they incited Brhytnoþ...

Conjugation

Conjugation of stihtan (weak class 1)

infinitive	stihtan	stihtenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	stihte	stihte
second person singular	stihtest, stihst, stihtst	stihtest
third person singular	stihteþ, stiht	stihte
plural	stihtaþ	stihton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	stihte	stihte
plural	stihten	stihten
imperative
singular	stiht
plural	stihtaþ
participle	present	past
	stihtende	(ġe)stihted

Descendants

• English: stight

References

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