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V (v-strong-5)

to eat

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/etan#Old_English

Attested in Aelfric's Colloquy 4 ("etaþ")

originates from
PWGmc *etan "to eat" through pwgmc-to-oe
PGmc *etan- "eat" through pgmc-to-oe
(source: Kroonen 2013:119)
Inflected forms
etaþ "to eat.pres.2pl" (oe-2pl)

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