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Old English · verb

frecgan

Normalised freċġan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈfrej.jɑn/
[ˈfred.d͡ʒɑn]
Syllables
ˈfrej · jɑn (2 syllables)

Meaning

  1. to ask

Conjugation

Conjugation of frecgan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular freċġefreġde
2nd singular freġstfreġdest
3rd singular freġþfreġde
Plural freċġaþfreġdon
Subjunctive
Singular freċġefreġde
Plural freċġenfreġden
Non-finite forms of frecgan
Form
Infinitive freċġan
Inflected infinitive freċġenne
Imperative singular freġe
Imperative plural freċġaþ
Present participle freċġende
Past participle freġedġefreġedfreġdġefreġd

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fraggjan, from Proto-Germanic *fragjaną (“to question, inquire, examine”), from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to woo, ask”).

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