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Old English · verb

smugan

Normalised smūgan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class II
IPA
/ˈsmuː.ɡɑn/
[ˈsmuː.ɣɑn]
Syllables
ˈsmuː · ɡɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
creepgraduallycrawl

Meaning

  1. to creep, crawl, move gradually

Conjugation

Conjugation of smugan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular smūgesmēagsmēah
2nd singular smȳġstsmuge
3rd singular smȳġþsmēagsmēah
Plural smūgaþsmugon
Subjunctive
Singular smūgesmuge
Plural smūgensmugen
Non-finite forms of smugan
Form
Infinitive smūgan
Inflected infinitive smūgenne
Imperative singular smūgsmūh
Imperative plural smūgaþ
Present participle smūgende
Past participle smogenġesmogen

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *smeugan, with the diphthong analogically replaced by ū in the present stem.

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