ahebban

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *uʀhabbjan, from Proto-Germanic *uzhabjaną. Equivalent to Compound of ā +‎ hebban. Cognate with Old Saxon āhebbian, Old High German irheven, irheffen (whence German erheben), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌷𐌰𐍆𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ushafjan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈxeb.bɑn/, [ɑːˈheb.bɑn]

Verb

āhebban

1. to heave or lift up, raise from low to high, elevate, exalt, ferment
2. to build, erect
3. to raise, as to make louder
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "Preface"

     Eft cwæð se Ælmihtiga to þam witegan Isaiam, "Clypa and ne geswic ðu, āhefe þine stemne swā swā byme, and cyð minum folce heora leahtras, and Iacobes hirede heora synna."

     Again the Almighty spake to the prophet Isaiah, "Cry and cease thou not, raise thy voice as a trumpet, and declare to my people their crimes, and to the family of Jacob their sins."

4. (figuratively) to bear, support, uphold, give higher worth to, puff up
5. (figuratively) to remove
6. (figuratively) to give rise to, raise a laugh,

Conjugation

infinitive	āhebban	āhebbenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	āhebbe	āhōf
second person singular	āhefst	āhōfe
third person singular	āhefeþ	āhōf
plural	āhebbaþ	āhōfon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	āhebbe	āhōfe
plural	āhebben	āhōfen
imperative
singular	āhefe
plural	āhebbaþ
participle	present	past
	āhebbende	āhæfen, āhafen, āhefen

Conjugation of āhebban (strong class 6)

Descendants

• Middle English: ahebben

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “áhebban”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.