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Old English · verb

asigan

Normalised āsīgan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class I
Modern English
decline

Meaning

  1. to decline, go down, fall down

    Witodlīċe ūres andġites meriġen is ūre ċildhād, ūre cnihthād swylċe underntīd, on þām astihð ūre ġeogoð, swā swā sēo sunne deð ymbe þǣre ðriddan tīde; ūre fulfremeda wæstm swā swā middæġ, forðan ðe on midne dæġ bið sēo sunne on ðām ufemestum ryne stiġende, swā swā sē fulfremeda wæstm bið on fulre strencðe þēonde. Sēo nōntīd bið ūre yld, forðan ðe on nōntīde asihð

    Truly, the morning of our cognizance is our childhood, our youth is like the underntide, when our youth rises, just as the sun does around the third hour; our complete growth is like midday, since in the middle of the day the sun rises to the highest point in its course, just as our complete growth is flourishing in full strength. The noontide is our age, for at noontide the sun starts to go down,

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Conjugation

Conjugation of asigan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular āsīgeāsāgāsāh
2nd singular āsīġstāsige
3rd singular āsīġþāsāgāsāh
Plural āsīgaþāsigon
Subjunctive
Singular āsīgeāsige
Plural āsīgenāsigen
Non-finite forms of asigan
Form
Infinitive āsīgan
Inflected infinitive āsīgenne
Imperative singular āsīġ
Imperative plural āsīgaþ
Present participle āsīgende
Past participle āsiġen

All forms (15)

Etymology

ā- + sīgan

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