FromOld Englishgēotan, fromProto-West Germanic*geutan.
yeten (third-person singular simple presentyeteth,present participleyetende,yetynge,first-/third-person singular past indicativeyet,past participleyoten)
- (transitive) To pour out from a container.
- (intransitive) To flow or gush.
- (reflexive) Tooverflow.
- (transitive, medicine) To emit fluid from the body.
- (transitive, figurative) To send out, to send forth; toexpress.
- (transitive, medicine) to administer medication bydrop orinjection.
- (transitive, chemistry) Tomelt orsoften; todissolve.
- (transitive, smithing) Tocast; tofound.
- (transitive) Todisperse orscatter.
- (transitive) To take out for use; tobrandish.
Conjugation ofyeten (strong class 2 orweak in -ed)| infinitive | (to)yeten,yete |
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| present tense | past tense |
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| 1st-personsingular | yete | yet,yeted |
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| 2nd-personsingular | yetest | yote1,yetedest |
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| 3rd-personsingular | yeteth | yet,yeted |
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| subjunctivesingular | yete | yote2,yeted2 |
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| imperativesingular | — |
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| plural3 | yeten,yete | yoten,yote,yeteden,yetede |
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| imperativeplural | yeteth,yete | — |
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| participles | yetynge,yetende | yoten,yote,yeted,yyoten,yyote,yyeted |
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1 Later replaced by the 1st-/3rd-person singular oryetest.
2 Later replaced by the indicative.
3 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Fromye(“you (plural)”) +-ten(“causative suffix”).
yeten
- To address someone with "ye", i.e. withformality orpoliteness
1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
