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Old English · verb

dician

Normalised dīcian

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 2
IPA: /ˈdiː.ki.ɑn/
Syllables: ˈdiː · ki · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English: dike dig ditch

Meaning

to bank or mound earth; build a dike
to dig a ditch

Conjugation

Conjugation of dician
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	dīciġe	dīcode
2nd singular	dīcast	dīcodest
3rd singular	dīcaþ	dīcode
Plural	dīciaþ	dīcodon
Subjunctive
Singular	dīciġe	dīcode
Plural	dīciġen	dīcoden

Non-finite forms of dician
	Form
Infinitive	dīcian
Inflected infinitive	dīcienne
Imperative singular	dīca
Imperative plural	dīciaþ
Present participle	dīciende
Past participle	dīcod ġedīcod

All forms (15)

dīciġe
dīcode
dīcast
dīcodest
dīcaþ
dīciaþ
dīcodon
dīciġen
dīcoden
dīcian
dīcienne
dīca
dīciende
dīcod
ġedīcod

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dīkōn, from *dīk, from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz.

Descendants

dig, dike, ditch

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