Old English

Verb

oftēon

1. to take away, withdraw
2. to withhold, deprive

Quotations

• Oft Scyld Scēfing sceaþena þrēatum, manegum mǣgþum medu-setla oftēah. (Beowulf ll. 4-5, edited and translated by Mountebank1)

  Oft Shild Sheving took mead-settles away from fends' hosts, from many tribes.

  Shild Sheving often bested his many various enemies in battle.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

(3 singular present oftīehþ, 3 singular preterite oftēah, preterite plural oftugon, past participle oftogen)

Descendants

• Middle English ten
  • English: tee