Old English · verb

fysan

Normalised fȳsan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 1
IPA: /ˈfyː.sɑn/
[ˈfyː.zɑn]
Syllables: ˈfyː · sɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: faze fease feeze fouse impel hasten prepare haste

Meaning

to hasten, make haste, prepare oneself

He ongan hine fȳsan and to flote gyrwan.

He began speedily to prepare for sailing.
to send forth, drive away, impel, put to flight, banish

He fȳsde forþ flāna genehe.

He sent forth arrows abundantly.

Conjugation

Conjugation of fysan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	fȳse	fȳsde
2nd singular	fȳsest fȳst	fȳsdest
3rd singular	fȳseþ fȳst	fȳsde
Plural	fȳsaþ	fȳsdon
Subjunctive
Singular	fȳse	fȳsde
Plural	fȳsen	fȳsden

Non-finite forms of fysan
	Form
Infinitive	fȳsan
Inflected infinitive	fȳsenne
Imperative singular	fȳs
Imperative plural	fȳsaþ
Present participle	fȳsende
Past participle	fȳsed ġefȳsed

All forms (16)

fȳse
fȳsde
fȳsest
fȳst
fȳsdest
fȳseþ
fȳsaþ
fȳsdon
fȳsen
fȳsden
fȳsan
fȳsenne
fȳs
fȳsende
fȳsed
ġefȳsed

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *funsijan, from Proto-Germanic *funsijaną (“to make favourable, make ready”), from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to send forth, drive away, banish, rush, strive”), related to Old English fūs. Cognate with Old Saxon fūsian (“to incline, strive”), Old Norse fýsa (“to urge, compel, incite, provoke, exhort”).

Descendants

faze, fease, feeze, fouse

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