ebbian

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *abbjōn (“to ebb”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeb.bi.ɑn/

Verb

ebbian

1. to ebb, recede

Conjugation

Conjugation of ebbian (weak, class 2)

infinitive	ebbian	ebbienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ebbiġe	ebbode
second person singular	ebbast	ebbodest
third person singular	ebbaþ	ebbode
plural	ebbiaþ	ebbodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ebbiġe	ebbode
plural	ebbiġen	ebboden
imperative
singular	ebba
plural	ebbiaþ
participle	present	past
	ebbiende	(ġe)ebbod

Descendants

• English: ebb

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ebbian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.