Old English · verb

pæcan

Normalised pǣċan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 1
IPA: /ˈpæː.t͡ʃɑn/
Syllables: ˈpæː · t͡ʃɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: deceive

Meaning

to deceive

Conjugation

Conjugation of pæcan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	pǣċe	pǣhte
2nd singular	pǣċest pǣcst	pǣhtest
3rd singular	pǣċeþ pǣcþ	pǣhte
Plural	pǣċaþ	pǣhton
Subjunctive
Singular	pǣċe	pǣhte
Plural	pǣċen	pǣhten

Non-finite forms of pæcan
	Form
Infinitive	pǣċan
Inflected infinitive	pǣċenne
Imperative singular	pǣċ
Imperative plural	pǣċaþ
Present participle	pǣċende
Past participle	pǣht ġepǣht

All forms (17)

pǣċe
pǣhte
pǣċest
pǣcst
pǣhtest
pǣċeþ
pǣcþ
pǣċaþ
pǣhton
pǣċen
pǣhten
pǣċan
pǣċenne
pǣċ
pǣċende
pǣht
ġepǣht

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *paikijan (“to seduce, deceive”) (compare Middle Low German pêke (“mistress, whore”, pejorative swear word) and pichte, picht (“argument, dispute, manslaughter”), connected to Old Prussian paik- 'deceive' and Lithuanian pìktas 'evil', which correspond to Old English fāh (foe) and Middle High-German vêch, with Grimm's Law applied. The forms showing unshifted consonants are therefore probably loan words from another IE language, maybe an unattested one (see Nordwestblock).

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