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Old English · verb

geciegan

Normalised ġeċīeġan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/jeˈt͡ʃi͜yː.jɑn/
Syllables
je · ˈt͡ʃi͜yː · jɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
convenecall uponinvoke

Meaning

  1. to call upon

  2. to call, to name

    Crist on sumere tīde ferde wið þǣre Galileiscan sǣ, and ġeseah twēġen ġebroðra, Simonem, se wæs ġecīġed Petrus, and his broðor Andream: et reliqua.

    Christ on a time went along the Galilean sea, and saw two brothers, Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew, etc.

    c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle"
  3. to name

  4. to invoke

  5. to summon

  6. to convene

Conjugation

Conjugation of geciegan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ġeċīeġeġeċīeġde
2nd singular ġeċīeġestġeċīeġstġeċīeġdest
3rd singular ġeċīeġeþġeċīeġþġeċīeġde
Plural ġeċīeġaþġeċīeġdon
Subjunctive
Singular ġeċīeġeġeċīeġde
Plural ġeċīeġenġeċīeġden
Non-finite forms of geciegan
Form
Infinitive ġeċīeġan
Inflected infinitive ġeċīeġenne
Imperative singular ġeċīeġ
Imperative plural ġeċīeġaþ
Present participle ġeċīeġende
Past participle ġeċīeġed

All forms (16)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gakauwjan, equivalent to ġe- + ċīeġan. Cognate with Old High German gikewen (“to call, name”).

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