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Old English · verb

higian

Normalised hīgian

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 2
IPA: /ˈxiː.ɡi.ɑn/
[ˈhiː.ɣi.ɑn]
Syllables: ˈxiː · ɡi · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English: hie exert strive

Meaning

to strive, exert oneself

Conjugation

Conjugation of higian
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	hīgiġe	hīgode
2nd singular	hīgast	hīgodest
3rd singular	hīgaþ	hīgode
Plural	hīgiaþ	hīgodon
Subjunctive
Singular	hīgiġe	hīgode
Plural	hīgiġen	hīgoden

Non-finite forms of higian
	Form
Infinitive	hīgian
Inflected infinitive	hīgienne
Imperative singular	hīga
Imperative plural	hīgiaþ
Present participle	hīgiende
Past participle	hīgod ġehīgod

All forms (15)

hīgiġe
hīgode
hīgast
hīgodest
hīgaþ
hīgiaþ
hīgodon
hīgiġen
hīgoden
hīgian
hīgienne
hīga
hīgiende
hīgod
ġehīgod

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hīgōn, from Proto-Germanic *hīgōną (“to breathe, pant”). Cognate with Middle Dutch higen (Dutch hijgen), Middle Low German higen (German heichen).

Descendants

hie

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