abreoþan

Old English

Alternative forms
  • ābrēoðan

Etymology

Equivalent to ā- +‎ brēoþan.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑːˈbreːoðɑn/

Verb

ābrēoþan

  1. (physical or moral) to degenerate, deteriorate, fall away
  2. (weak conjugation, ergative) to destroy, ruin

Conjugation
Conjugation of ābrēoþan (strong class 2)
infinitive ābrēoþan tō ābrēoþenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular ābrēoþe ābrēaþ
2nd-person singular ābrȳþest ābruþe
3rd-person singular ābrȳþeþ ābrēaþ
plural ābrēoþaþ ābruþon
subjunctive present past
singular ābrēoþe ābruþe
plural ābrēoþen ābruþen
imperative
singular ābrēoþ
plural ābrēoþaþ
participle present past
ābrēoþende ābroþen

For causative second meaning:

Conjugation of ābrēoþan (weak class 1)
infinitive ābrēoþan tō ābrēoþenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular ābrēoþe ābrēoþde
2nd-person singular ābrēoþest ābrēoþdest
3rd-person singular ābrēoþeþ ābrēoþde
plural ābrēoþaþ ābrēoþdon
subjunctive present past
singular ābrēoþe ābrēoþde
plural ābrēoþen ābrēoþden
imperative
singular ābrēoþ
plural ābrēoþaþ
participle present past
ābrēoþende ābrēoþed

Derived terms

Further reading
  • ĀBRĒOÐAN in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
  • ĀBRĒOÞAN in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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