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Old English · verb

fician

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈfi.ki.ɑn/
Syllables
ˈfi · ki · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
bewilefikeconmislead

Meaning

  1. to deceive; bewile, mislead, con

Conjugation

Conjugation of fician
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ficiġeficode
2nd singular ficastficodest
3rd singular ficaþficode
Plural ficiaþficodon
Subjunctive
Singular ficiġeficode
Plural ficiġenficoden
Non-finite forms of fician
Form
Infinitive fician
Inflected infinitive ficienne
Imperative singular fica
Imperative plural ficiaþ
Present participle ficiende
Past participle ficodġeficod

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fikōn, from Proto-Germanic *fikōną (“to deceive”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *peyǵ- (“ill-meaning, evil-minded, treacherous, hostile, bad”).

Descendants

fike

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