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Old English · verb

ciegan

Normalised ċīeġan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈt͡ʃi͜yː.jɑn/
Syllables
ˈt͡ʃi͜yː · jɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
invokecallsummon

Meaning

  1. to call; name

  2. to call upon, invoke, summon, call together

  3. to cry, cry out; call out

Conjugation

Conjugation of ciegan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ċīeġeċīeġde
2nd singular ċīeġestċīeġstċīeġdest
3rd singular ċīeġeþċīeġþċīeġde
Plural ċīeġaþċīeġdon
Subjunctive
Singular ċīeġeċīeġde
Plural ċīeġenċīeġden
Non-finite forms of ciegan
Form
Infinitive ċīeġan
Inflected infinitive ċīeġenne
Imperative singular ċīeġ
Imperative plural ċīeġaþ
Present participle ċīeġende
Past participle ċīeġedġeċīeġed

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *kawjaną (“to call, name”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to call, cry out”).

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