"lettan" meaning in Old English

See lettan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈlet.tɑn/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *lattjan, from Proto-Germanic *latjaną, from Proto-Germanic *lataz (“slow, late”), equivalent to læt + -an. Cognate with Old Frisian letta, Old Saxon lettian, Old High German lezzen, Old Norse letja, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (latjan). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*lattjan}} Proto-West Germanic *lattjan, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*latjaną}} Proto-Germanic *latjaną, {{der|ang|gem-pro|*lataz|t=slow, late}} Proto-Germanic *lataz (“slow, late”), {{suf|ang|læt|-an}} læt + -an, {{cog|ofs|letta}} Old Frisian letta, {{cog|osx|lettian}} Old Saxon lettian, {{cog|goh|lezzen}} Old High German lezzen, {{cog|non|letja}} Old Norse letja, {{cog|got|𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽}} Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (latjan) Head templates: {{ang-verb|lettan}} lettan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|lettan<w1>}} Forms: weak [table-tags], lettan [infinitive], lettenne [infinitive], lette [first-person, present, singular], lette [first-person, past, singular], letst [present, second-person, singular], lettest [past, second-person, singular], lett [present, singular, third-person], let [present, singular, third-person], lette [past, singular, third-person], lettaþ [plural, present], letton [past, plural], lette [present, singular], lette [past, singular], letten [plural, present], letten [past, plural], lete [imperative, past, present, singular], lettaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], lettende [imperative, present], leted [imperative, past], ġeleted [imperative, past], lett [imperative, past], ġelett [imperative, past], let [imperative, past], ġelet [imperative, past]
  1. to hinder, obstruct Synonyms: lættan Derived forms: ġelettan, letting Related terms: latian, læt

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "letten",
            "3": "lætten",
            "4": "latten"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: letten, lætten, latten",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: letten, lætten, latten"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "let"
          },
          "expansion": "English: let",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: let"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "lat"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: lat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: lat"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*lattjan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *lattjan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*latjaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *latjaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*lataz",
        "t": "slow, late"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *lataz (“slow, late”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "læt",
        "3": "-an"
      },
      "expansion": "læt + -an",
      "name": "suf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "letta"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian letta",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "lettian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon lettian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "lezzen"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German lezzen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "letja"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse letja",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (latjan)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *lattjan, from Proto-Germanic *latjaną, from Proto-Germanic *lataz (“slow, late”), equivalent to læt + -an. Cognate with Old Frisian letta, Old Saxon lettian, Old High German lezzen, Old Norse letja, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (latjan).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lettan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lettenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lette",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lette",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lettest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lett",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "let",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lette",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lettaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letton",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lette",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lette",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lettaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lettende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leted",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeleted",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lett",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġelett",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "let",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġelet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lettan"
      },
      "expansion": "lettan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lettan<w1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English terms suffixed with -an",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "ġelettan"
        },
        {
          "word": "letting"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hinder, obstruct"
      ],
      "id": "en-lettan-ang-verb-qo8Ej9px",
      "links": [
        [
          "hinder",
          "hinder"
        ],
        [
          "obstruct",
          "obstruct"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "latian"
        },
        {
          "word": "læt"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lættan"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlet.tɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lettan"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ġelettan"
    },
    {
      "word": "letting"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "letten",
            "3": "lætten",
            "4": "latten"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: letten, lætten, latten",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: letten, lætten, latten"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "let"
          },
          "expansion": "English: let",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: let"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "lat"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: lat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: lat"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*lattjan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *lattjan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*latjaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *latjaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*lataz",
        "t": "slow, late"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *lataz (“slow, late”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "læt",
        "3": "-an"
      },
      "expansion": "læt + -an",
      "name": "suf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "letta"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian letta",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "lettian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon lettian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "lezzen"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German lezzen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "letja"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse letja",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (latjan)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *lattjan, from Proto-Germanic *latjaną, from Proto-Germanic *lataz (“slow, late”), equivalent to læt + -an. Cognate with Old Frisian letta, Old Saxon lettian, Old High German lezzen, Old Norse letja, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (latjan).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lettan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lettenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lette",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lette",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lettest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lett",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "let",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lette",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lettaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letton",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lette",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lette",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lettaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lettende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leted",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeleted",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lett",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġelett",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "let",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġelet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lettan"
      },
      "expansion": "lettan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lettan<w1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "latian"
    },
    {
      "word": "læt"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English class 1 weak verbs",
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms suffixed with -an",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with redundant head parameter",
        "Old English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hinder, obstruct"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hinder",
          "hinder"
        ],
        [
          "obstruct",
          "obstruct"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlet.tɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "lættan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lettan"
}

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