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Old English · verb

siþian

Normalised sīþian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈsiː.θi.ɑn/
[ˈsiː.ði.ɑn]
Syllables
ˈsiː · θi · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
travel

Meaning

  1. to travel, journey

    Þā æt nēxtan forlēt Pharao Israhela folc of his earde siðian mid miċċlum ǣhtum, and God ġesette ðone foresǣdan Moysen his folce tō heretogan, and his broðer Aaron tō sacerde; and hī lǣddon þæt folce tō ðǣre Rēadan sǣ mid miċelre fyrdinge, þæt wǣron six hund þūsenda wīgendra manna, buton wīfum and ċildum.

    Then at last Pharaoh allowed the people of Israel to leave his land with much livestock, and God appointed the aforementioned Moses as the leader of his people, and his brother Aaron as priest; and they led the people to the Red Sea with a great host, which numbered six hundred thousand warriors, not counting women and children.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Conjugation

Conjugation of siþian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular sīþiġesīþode
2nd singular sīþastsīþodest
3rd singular sīþaþsīþode
Plural sīþiaþsīþodon
Subjunctive
Singular sīþiġesīþode
Plural sīþiġensīþoden
Non-finite forms of siþian
Form
Infinitive sīþian
Inflected infinitive sīþienne
Imperative singular sīþa
Imperative plural sīþiaþ
Present participle sīþiende
Past participle sīþodġesīþod

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sinþōn, from Proto-Germanic *sinþōną (“to go, travel”), equivalent to sīþ + -ian.

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