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From Proto-West Germanic *geutan.

ġēotan

  1. to pour
  2. to shed (blood, sweat, tears)
  3. to cast, found (metal)

From Proto-Germanic *getaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (take, seize, grasp). Cognate with Old Frisian jeta, Old High German gezan, gezzan, Old Norse geta (whence English get).

ġeotan (Anglian)

  1. Alternative form of ġietan

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infinitive ġeotan¹ ġetenne, ġeotanne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular ġeotu, ġete ġæt
second person singular ġites³, ġeotes³ ġēte
third person singular ġiteþ², ġeoteþ² ġæt
plural ġeotaþ² ġētun, ġēton
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular ġete ġēte
plural ġeten¹ ġēten¹
imperative
singular ġet
plural ġeotaþ²
participle present past
ġetende (ġe)ġeten

¹In Northumbrian, final -n was regularly lost from these forms
²In Late Northumbrian, final -þ was frequently changed to -s
³In Mercian, final -t was sometimes added to these forms due to West Saxon influence