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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

  1. 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,
  2. 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

Conjugation of hycgan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular hyċġehogde
2nd singular hyġsthogdest
3rd singular hyġþhogde
Plural hyċġaþhogdon
Subjunctive
Singular hyċġehogde
Plural hyċġenhogden
Non-finite forms of hycgan
Form
Infinitive hyċġan
Inflected infinitive hyċġenne
Imperative singular hyġe
Imperative plural hyċġaþ
Present participle hyċġende
Past participle hogodġehogod

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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