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Old English · verb

sægan

Normalised sǣġan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈsæː.jɑn/
Syllables
ˈsæː · jɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
fell

Meaning

  1. to make sink, fell, drop

Conjugation

Conjugation of sægan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular sǣġesǣġde
2nd singular sǣġestsǣġstsǣġdest
3rd singular sǣġeþsǣġþsǣġde
Plural sǣġaþsǣġdon
Subjunctive
Singular sǣġesǣġde
Plural sǣġensǣġden
Non-finite forms of sægan
Form
Infinitive sǣġan
Inflected infinitive sǣġenne
Imperative singular sǣġ
Imperative plural sǣġaþ
Present participle sǣġende
Past participle sǣġedġesǣġed

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *saigijaną, the causative of sīgan (“to sink, fall, drop”), (compare senċan).

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