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Old English · verb

stigan

Normalised stīgan

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

Meaning

  1. to go

  2. to go up; ascend; climb

    "Gospel of Saint Luke", chapter 19, verse 4

    Then ran he before [him] and stied up on a tree. From sycamores that he saw him, forthy that he would thence fare.

Conjugation

Conjugation of stigan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular stīgestāgstāh
2nd singular stīġststige
3rd singular stīġþstāgstāh
Plural stīgaþstigon
Subjunctive
Singular stīgestige
Plural stīgenstigen
Non-finite forms of stigan
Form
Infinitive stīgan
Inflected infinitive stīgenne
Imperative singular stīġ
Imperative plural stīgaþ
Present participle stīgende
Past participle stiġenġestiġen

All forms (16)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stīgan, from Proto-Germanic *stīganą, from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ-.

Descendants

sty

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