Old English · verb

goian

Normalised gōian

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 2
IPA: /ˈɡoː.jɑn/
Syllables: ˈɡoː · jɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: groan lament sigh

Meaning

to sigh, groan; to lament

sed ligatum se vehementer ingemiscat
c. 800-930 [731], Bede, anonymous translator, Old English Translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English Pe

Conjugation

Conjugation of goian
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	gōiġe	gōode
2nd singular	gōast	gōodest
3rd singular	gōaþ	gōode
Plural	gōiaþ	gōodon
Subjunctive
Singular	gōiġe	gōode
Plural	gōiġen	gōoden

Non-finite forms of goian
	Form
Infinitive	gōian
Inflected infinitive	gōienne
Imperative singular	gōa
Imperative plural	gōiaþ
Present participle	gōiende
Past participle	gōod ġegōod

Etymology

From the same root as Proto-Germanic *gawjaną with a different ablaut grade (-ō-) in the root. Compare *ġīeġan, ġēġan from Proto-West-Germanic *gauwjan. The weak class 2 formation (compare twēoġan, sċōġan) would correspond to the following reconstructions in linguistic stages ancestral to Old English: northern Ingvaeonic *gō(w)ōjan, Proto-West Germanic *gō(w)ōn, Proto-Germanic *gō(w)ōną.

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