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Old English · verb

gegnian

Normalised ġeġnian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈjej.ni.ɑn/
Syllables
ˈjej · ni · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
encountermeet

Meaning

  1. to meet, encounter

Conjugation

Conjugation of gegnian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ġeġniġeġeġnode
2nd singular ġeġnastġeġnodest
3rd singular ġeġnaþġeġnode
Plural ġeġniaþġeġnodon
Subjunctive
Singular ġeġniġeġeġnode
Plural ġeġniġenġeġnoden
Non-finite forms of gegnian
Form
Infinitive ġeġnian
Inflected infinitive ġeġnienne
Imperative singular ġeġna
Imperative plural ġeġniaþ
Present participle ġeġniende
Past participle ġeġnodġeġeġnod

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gaginōn (“to encounter, meet”).

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