eldertongue

Old English · verb

sigan

Normalised sīgan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class I
IPA
/ˈsiː.ɡɑn/
[ˈsiː.ɣɑn]
Syllables
ˈsiː · ɡɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
siesink

Meaning

  1. to sink, fall

    ...ðā ðā hǣðenan āhēowon þæt trēow mid ormǣtre blisse, þæt hit brastliende sāh tō ðām hālgan were, hetelīċe swīðe. Þā worhte hē onġēan ðām hrēosendum trēowe þǣs Hǣlendes rōde tācn, and hit ðǣrrihte ætstōd, wende ðā onġēan, and hrēas underbæc, and fornēan offēoll ðā ðe hit ǣr forcurfon.

    Then the heathens cut down the tree with great joy, so that, rustling, it fell towards the holy man very violently. Then he made the sign of the Savior's cross to the falling tree, and it immediately stood still, turned around, and fell backwards, and almost fell upon those who had previously cut it.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
  2. to march, go, proceed

Conjugation

Conjugation of sigan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular sīgesāgsāh
2nd singular sīġstsige
3rd singular sīġþsāgsāh
Plural sīgaþsigon
Subjunctive
Singular sīgesige
Plural sīgensigen
Non-finite forms of sigan
Form
Infinitive sīgan
Inflected infinitive sīgenne
Imperative singular sīġ
Imperative plural sīgaþ
Present participle sīgende
Past participle siġenġesiġen

All forms (16)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sīgan, from Proto-Germanic *sīganą.

Descendants

sie

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