ahebban

ahebban

Old English

Etymology

From ā- +‎ hebban. Cognate with Old Saxon āhebbian, Old High German irhevan, Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌷𐌰𐍆𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ushafjan).

Verb

āhebban

1. To heave or lift up, raise from low to high, elevate, exalt, ferment.
2. To build, erect.
3. (figuratively) To bear, support, uphold, give higher worth to, puff up.
4. (figuratively) To remove.
5. (figuratively) To give rise to, raise a laugh,

Conjugation

Conjugation of āhebban (strong class 6)

infinitive	āhebban	tō āhebbenne
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	āhebbe	āhōf
2nd-person singular	āhefst	āhōfe
3rd-person singular	āhefþ	āhōf
plural	āhebbaþ	āhōfon
subjunctive	present	past
singular	āhebbe	āhōfe
plural	āhebben	āhōfen
imperative
singular	āhefe
plural	āhebbaþ
participle	present	past
	āhebbende	āhafen

Descendants

• Middle English: ahebben

References

• áhebban in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary