eldertongue

Old English · verb

toiecan

Normalised tōīeċan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/toːˈi͜yː.t͡ʃɑn/
Syllables
toː · ˈi͜yː · t͡ʃɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
add

Meaning

  1. to add to

    Þæt iċ bē ðām hālgan fæder Cūðbyrhte wrāt oððe on þysse bēċ oððe on ōðre, þā dǣda his līfes, sume iċ ǣrest nōm of þām ġewrītum ðe iċ āwriten ġemette mid þām broðrum þǣre ċyriċean æt Lindesfearona ēa sumu ðā þe iċ sylf onġitan mihte þurh swīðe ġetrēowa manna ġesæġene iċ tōycte.

    That which I wrote about the holy father Cuthbert, either in this book or another, about his life's deeds, some I took first from what I found among the brethren of the church at Lindisfarne, and I have added on the particulars which I could glean through conversations with very trustworthy people.

    late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

Conjugation

Conjugation of toiecan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular tōīeċetōīecte
2nd singular tōīeċesttōīecsttōīectest
3rd singular tōīeċeþtōīecþtōīecte
Plural tōīeċaþtōīecton
Subjunctive
Singular tōīeċetōīecte
Plural tōīeċentōīecten
Non-finite forms of toiecan
Form
Infinitive tōīeċan
Inflected infinitive tōīeċenne
Imperative singular tōīeċ
Imperative plural tōīeċaþ
Present participle tōīeċende
Past participle tōīeċed

All forms (16)

Etymology

Equivalent to tō- + īeċan.

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