drohtnian

Old English

Alternative forms

• drohtian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdroxt.ni.ɑn/

Verb

drohtnian

1. to live
2. to live one's life, conduct oneself
   • Old English Benedictine Rule

     men ... swá micele eáðelícor and sél drohtniaþ, swá hý stíþlíce áfédde wǽron

     people ... live the more readily and well the more strictly they were brought up

3. to dwell
   • Ælfric of Eynsham, Catholic Homilies, I.29, c. 990s

     ON DECIES DÆGE þæs wælhreowan caseres. wæs se halga biscop sixtus on romana byri drohtniende

     In the time of the vicious Emperor Decius, the holy bishop Sixtus was living in the city of the Romans

   • Peterborough Chronicle, s.a. 1072

     Hé férde tó Burch tó Sc̃e Petres mynstre and þǽr drohtnode .xii. geár

     He travelled to Bury, to the monastery of St Peter, and dwelled there for twelve years

4. to inhabit

Conjugation

Conjugation of drohtnian (weak class 2)

infinitive	drohtnian	drohtnienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	drohtniġe	drohtnode
second person singular	drohtnast	drohtnodest
third person singular	drohtnaþ	drohtnode
plural	drohtniaþ	drohtnodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	drohtniġe	drohtnode
plural	drohtniġen	drohtnoden
imperative
singular	drohtna
plural	drohtniaþ
participle	present	past
	drohtniende	(ġe)drohtnod