"geten" meaning in Middle English

See geten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈɡɛ̞ːtən/, /ˈɡɛtən/
Etymology: Borrowed from Old Norse geta, from Proto-Germanic *getaną. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|non|geta}} Borrowed from Old Norse geta, {{der|enm|gem-pro|*getaną}} Proto-Germanic *getaną Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} geten Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-st|get|gat|2s2=gest|3a=got|3a2=get|3s2=get|4a=got|c2=4|class=5|y=2}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], geten [infinitive], to geten [infinitive], gete [infinitive], gete [first-person, present, singular], gat [first-person, past, singular], getest [present, second-person, singular], gate [past, second-person, singular], gote [past, second-person, singular], gete [past, second-person, singular], geteth [present, singular, third-person], gat [past, singular, third-person], gete [present, singular, subjunctive], gate [past, singular, subjunctive], gote [past, singular, subjunctive], gete [past, singular, subjunctive], gete [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], geten [plural, present], gete [plural, present], gaten [past, plural], gate [past, plural], goten [past, plural], gote [past, plural], geten [past, plural], gete [past, plural], geteth [imperative, plural, present], gete [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], getynge [participle, present], getende [participle, present], geten [participle, past], ygeten [participle, past], gete [participle, past], ygete [participle, past], goten [participle, past], ygoten [participle, past], gote [participle, past], ygote [participle, past], getten [alternative]
  1. to get Derived forms: undergeten
    Sense id: en-geten-enm-verb-bfztadeD Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries
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      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "get"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "get"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*getaną"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old Norse geta, from Proto-Germanic *getaną.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-st",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to geten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gate",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gote",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geteth",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gate",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "gote",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gate",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gote",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "geten",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geteth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ygeten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ygete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ygoten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gote",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ygote",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getten",
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        "alternative"
      ]
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        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "geten",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "gat",
        "2s2": "gest",
        "3a": "got",
        "3a2": "get",
        "3s2": "get",
        "4a": "got",
        "c2": "4",
        "class": "5",
        "y": "2"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "undergeten"
        }
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        "to get"
      ],
      "id": "en-geten-enm-verb-bfztadeD",
      "links": [
        [
          "get",
          "get"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɛ̞ːtən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɛtən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "geten"
}
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    {
      "word": "undergeten"
    }
  ],
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      "lang_code": "en",
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      "word": "get"
    }
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      "name": "bor+"
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old Norse geta, from Proto-Germanic *getaną.",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive"
      ]
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        "infinitive"
      ]
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        "singular"
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
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      "form": "gate",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gete",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
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      "form": "-",
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      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "getynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
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      "form": "geten",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "ygeten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gete",
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "goten",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ygoten",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "gote",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "getten",
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        "4a": "got",
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "Middle English class 4 strong verbs",
        "Middle English class 5 strong verbs",
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        "Middle English terms derived from Old Norse",
        "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Middle English verbs",
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        "to get"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɛ̞ːtən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɛtən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "geten"
}

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