Old English · verb
hycgan
Normalised hyċġan
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- weak class 3
- IPA
- /ˈxyj.jɑn/[ˈhyd.d͡ʒɑn]
- Syllables
- ˈxyj · jɑn (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- think
Meaning
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to think
þæt hē his ferðlocan · fæste binde, healde his hordcōfan; · hyċġe swā hē wille.
…that a noble habit is in a brave man, that he would tightly bind his spirit, keep his treasure-chamber; think as he want.
…þæt biþ in eorle · indryhten þēaw, -
to think about, to think of, to consider
Ongunnon þæt þæs mannes māgas hyċġan þurh dierne ġeþōht þæt hīe tōdǣlden unc.
The person's relatives began to think of a secret plan to separate us.
"The Wife's Lament"
Conjugation
All forms (15)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *huggjan, from Proto-Germanic *hugjaną (“think, consider”). Cognate with Old Saxon huggian, Old High German huggen, Old Norse hyggja, Gothic (hugjan).
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