Old English · verb
astigan
Normalised āstīgan
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- strong class I
- IPA
- /ɑːˈstiː.ɡɑn/[ɑːˈstiː.ɣɑn]
- Syllables
- ɑː · ˈstiː · ɡɑn (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- proceed
Meaning
-
to go, proceed
-
to come
Ūre eorðlīċe nyht soðlīċe cymð þurh ðǣre eorðan sċeade, þonne sēo sunne gǣð on æfnunge under þyssere eorðan, þonne bȳð ðǣre eorðan brādnys betweox us ⁊ þǣre sunnan wē hyre lēoman lyhtinge nabbað, oð ðæt hēo eft on ōþerne ende up āstihð.
Our Earthly night only comes through the shade of the Earth in the evening when the sun goes under the Earth. When the extent of the Earth is between us and the sun, we do not have the illumination of its shine until it comes up over the other end.
c. 994, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year -
to climb, rise
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 bīð 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 rises at 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, as
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Conjugation
All forms (15)
Etymology
By surface analysis, ā- + stīgan
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