ontynan
Old English
Alternative forms
- untȳnan
Etymology
From on- + tȳnan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /onˈtyː.nɑn/
Verb
ontȳnan
- to open, to loose, to free
- 10th century, Cynewulf, Elene, 1228–1231
- ...Sie þara manna gehwam
behliden helle duru, heofones ontyned,
ece geopenad engla rice,
dream unhwilen...
- ...Sie þara manna gehwam
- 10th century, Cynewulf, Elene, 1228–1231
- to disclose, reveal, display
Conjugation
Conjugation of ontȳnan (weak class 1)
infinitive | ontȳnan | ontȳnenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | ontȳne | ontȳnde |
second person singular | ontȳnest, ontȳnst | ontȳndest |
third person singular | ontȳneþ, ontȳnþ | ontȳnde |
plural | ontȳnaþ | ontȳndon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | ontȳne | ontȳnde |
plural | ontȳnen | ontȳnden |
imperative | ||
singular | ontȳn | |
plural | ontȳnaþ | |
participle | present | past |
ontȳnende | ontȳned |
Derived terms
- ontȳnnes (“opening, discovery”)
Descendants
- Middle English: untinen, untynen
- English: untine
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ontynan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.