Old English · verb

missan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 1
IPA: /ˈmis.sɑn/
Syllables: ˈmis · sɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: miss

Meaning

to miss (fail to hit) (+ genitive)
to not notice something (+ dative)

Conjugation

Conjugation of missan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	misse	miste
2nd singular	missest mist	mistest
3rd singular	misseþ mist	miste
Plural	missaþ	miston
Subjunctive
Singular	misse	miste
Plural	missen	misten

Non-finite forms of missan
	Form
Infinitive	missan
Inflected infinitive	missenne
Imperative singular	miss
Imperative plural	missaþ
Present participle	missende
Past participle	missed

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *missijan, from Proto-Germanic *missijaną (“to go wrong”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to change”). Akin to Old Frisian missa, Old High German missen, Old Norse missa. Akin to Old English miss (“loss, absence”).

Descendants

miss

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