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Old English · verb

bacan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class VI
IPA
/ˈbɑ.kɑn/
Syllables
ˈbɑ · kɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
bake

Meaning

  1. to bake

    Sē bæcere bæcþ ǣlċe morgne þrītiġ berenra hlāfa.

    The baker bakes thirty loaves of barley bread every morning.

Conjugation

Conjugation of bacan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular bacebōc
2nd singular bæcstbōce
3rd singular bæcþbōc
Plural bacaþbōcon
Subjunctive
Singular bacebōce
Plural bacenbōcen
Non-finite forms of bacan
Form
Infinitive bacan
Inflected infinitive bacenne
Imperative singular bac
Imperative plural bacaþ
Present participle bacende
Past participle bacenġebacen

All forms (14)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bakan, from Proto-Germanic *bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g-.

Descendants

bake

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