ytan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ūtijan, from Proto-Germanic *ūtijaną. Equivalent to ūt +‎ -an. Cognate with Icelandic ýta (“to push”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈyː.tɑn/

Verb

ȳtan

1. to put out a person from a place, expel, banish
2. to put out a thing from one's possession, alienate, give away

Conjugation

Conjugation of ȳtan (weak class 1)

infinitive	ȳtan	ȳtenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ȳte	ȳtte
second person singular	ȳtest, ȳtst	ȳttest
third person singular	ȳteþ, ȳtt, ȳt	ȳtte
plural	ȳtaþ	ȳtton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ȳte	ȳtte
plural	ȳten	ȳtten
imperative
singular	ȳt
plural	ȳtaþ
participle	present	past
	ȳtende	(ġe)ȳted

Derived terms

• aȳtan
• ȳtend

References

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

Swedish

Noun

ytan

1. definite singular of yta