tæsan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *taisijan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtæː.sɑn/, [ˈtæː.zɑn]

Verb

tǣsan

to tease (fibres)
to tear apart
to rip apart or wound (with a weapon)

Conjugation

Conjugation of tǣsan (weak class 1)

indicative mood	present tense	past tense
infinitive	tǣsan	tǣsenne
first person singular	tǣse	tǣsde
second person singular	tǣsest, tǣst	tǣsdest
third person singular	tǣseþ, tǣst	tǣsde
plural	tǣsaþ	tǣsdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	tǣse	tǣsde
plural	tǣsen	tǣsden
imperative
singular	tǣs
plural	tǣsaþ
participle	present	past
	tǣsende	(ġe)tǣsed

Derived terms

ātǣsan
ġetǣsan

Descendants

Middle English: tesen, taise, teise, tese, tesien
- English: tease
- Scots: tease, taise
- Yola: tyshe

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “tǽsan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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