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Old English · verb

dican

Normalised dīċan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈdiː.t͡ʃɑn/
Syllables
ˈdiː · t͡ʃɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
dike

Meaning

  1. to build a dike

  2. to dig (a ditch)

Conjugation

Conjugation of dican
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular dīċedīcte
2nd singular dīċestdīcstdīctest
3rd singular dīċeþdīcþdīcte
Plural dīċaþdīcton
Subjunctive
Singular dīċedīcte
Plural dīċendīcten
Non-finite forms of dican
Form
Infinitive dīċan
Inflected infinitive dīċenne
Imperative singular dīċ
Imperative plural dīċaþ
Present participle dīċende

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dīkijan, from *dīk. Cognate with Old Frisian dīka, dītza.

Descendants

ditch

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