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Old English · verb

gægan

Normalised gǣġan

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

Meaning

  1. to sway, totter, stagger

  2. to go, walk, step, pass by

Conjugation

Conjugation of gægan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular gǣġegǣġde
2nd singular gǣġestgǣġstgǣġdest
3rd singular gǣġeþgǣġþgǣġde
Plural gǣġaþgǣġdon
Subjunctive
Singular gǣġegǣġde
Plural gǣġengǣġden
Non-finite forms of gægan
Form
Infinitive gǣġan
Inflected infinitive gǣġenne
Imperative singular gǣġ
Imperative plural gǣġaþ
Present participle gǣġende
Past participle gǣġedġegǣġed

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gaigijan, from Proto-Germanic *gaigijaną.

Descendants

gaig, gay, geg

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