gemunan
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Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *gamunan.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ġemunan
- to remember [with accusative or genitive]
- Iċ his ġeman swelċe hit ġiestrandæġ wǣre.
- I remember it like it was yesterday.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Nativiity of Our Lord"
- Hēo ġemunde hwæt sum witeġa cwæð, "Sē oxa oncnēow his hlāford, and sē assa his hlāfordes binne."
- She remembered that a prophet had said, "The ox knows his master, and the ass his master's bin."
Usage notes
[edit]- In Late West Saxon and the Anglian dialects, this verb was sometimes inflected as if it were not preterite-present: attested forms include iċ ġemune, þū ġemunst, and hē/hēo/hit ġemanþ.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of ġemunan (preterite-present)
| infinitive | ġemunan | ġemunenne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
| first person singular | ġeman | ġemunde |
| second person singular | ġemanst | ġemundest |
| third person singular | ġeman | ġemunde |
| plural | ġemunon | ġemundon |
| subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
| singular | ġemyne | ġemunde |
| plural | ġemynen | ġemunden |
| imperative | ||
| singular | ġemun, ġemyne | |
| plural | ġemunaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| ġemunende | ġemunen | |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Middle English: i-mune