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Old English · verb

cyssan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈkys.sɑn/
Syllables
ˈkys · sɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
kiss

Meaning

  1. to kiss

    Ful oft mec ġesīþas sendað æfter hondum, þæt mec weras ond wīf wlonce cyssað.

    Very oft companions send me from hand to hand so that proud men and women kiss me.

    10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 30:

Conjugation

Conjugation of cyssan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular cyssecyste
2nd singular cyssestcystcystest
3rd singular cysseþcystcyste
Plural cyssaþcyston
Subjunctive
Singular cyssecyste
Plural cyssencysten
Non-finite forms of cyssan
Form
Infinitive cyssan
Inflected infinitive cyssenne
Imperative singular cyss
Imperative plural cyssaþ
Present participle cyssende
Past participle cyssedġecyssed

All forms (16)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kussijan, from Proto-Germanic *kussijaną (“to kiss”). Cognate with Old Frisian kessa, Old Saxon kussian, Old Dutch *kussen, Old High German kussen, Old Norse kyssa. Gothic (kukjan) ← Proto-Germanic *kukjaną may be somehow related, though it differs from the expected cognate *kussjan.

Descendants

kiss

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