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Old English · verb

þingian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈθin.ɡi.ɑn/
[ˈθiŋ.ɡi.ɑn]
Syllables
ˈθin · ɡi · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
intercedesupplicatethingterms

Meaning

  1. to intercede, supplicate

  2. to settle, make terms

  3. to determine, address, discourse

Conjugation

Conjugation of þingian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular þingiġeþingode
2nd singular þingastþingodest
3rd singular þingaþþingode
Plural þingiaþþingodon
Subjunctive
Singular þingiġeþingode
Plural þingiġenþingoden
Non-finite forms of þingian
Form
Infinitive þingian
Inflected infinitive þingienne
Imperative singular þinga
Imperative plural þingiaþ
Present participle þingiende
Past participle þingodġeþingod

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þingōn, from Proto-Germanic *þingōną, from *þingą (“matter, issue”). Cognate with Old Frisian thingia (West Frisian tingje), Old Saxon thingōn, Middle Dutch dingen (Dutch dingen), Old High German dingōn (German dingen), Old Norse þinga (Swedish tinga).

Descendants

thing

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