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Old English · verb

fegan

Normalised fēġan

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

Meaning

  1. to attach, join

  2. to add

  3. to fix, adapt

  4. to compose; to confine

Conjugation

Conjugation of fegan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular fēġefēġde
2nd singular fēġestfēġstfēġdest
3rd singular fēġeþfēġþfēġde
Plural fēġaþfēġdon
Subjunctive
Singular fēġefēġde
Plural fēġenfēġden
Non-finite forms of fegan
Form
Infinitive fēġan
Inflected infinitive fēġenne
Imperative singular fēġ
Imperative plural fēġaþ
Present participle fēġende
Past participle fēġedġefēġed

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fōgijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōgijaną (“to join”), from *peh₂ḱ- (“to secure, fasten, put down”). Cognate with Old Frisian fōgia, Old Saxon fōgian (“to add”), Dutch voegen, Old High German fuogen (“to add”) (German fügen). Related to fang, fair.

Descendants

fay

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