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Old English · verb

þicgan

Normalised þiċġan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class V
IPA
/ˈθij.jɑn/
[ˈθid.d͡ʒɑn]
Syllables
ˈθij · jɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
thigaccept

Meaning

  1. to receive, take, accept

    Hwīlum iċ under bæc breġde nebbe, hyrde þæs hordes, þonne mīn hlāford wile lāfe þiċġan þāra þe hē of līfe hēt wælcræfte āwrecan willum sīnum.

    Sometimes I bend bill under my back, keeper of this hoard, when my lord wishes to take the leftovers of those whom he bade to drive out of live with deadly might by his wills.

    c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 91:

  2. to take (food), consume

Conjugation

Conjugation of þicgan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular þiċġeþeahþah
2nd singular þiġstþǣgeþāge
3rd singular þiġþþeahþah
Plural þiċġaþþǣgonþāgon
Subjunctive
Singular þiċġeþǣgeþāge
Plural þiċġenþǣgenþāgen
Non-finite forms of þicgan
Form
Infinitive þiċġan
Inflected infinitive þiċġenne
Imperative singular þiġe
Imperative plural þiċġaþ
Present participle þiċġende
Past participle þeġenġeþeġen

All forms (19)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þigjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *tegʰ-, *tēgʰ-. Cognate with Old Norse þiggja (Swedish tigga), Old Saxon thiggian, Old High German dikken.

Descendants

thig

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