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Old English · verb

undergan

Normalised undergān

Part of speech
verb
IPA
/ˌun.derˈɡɑːn/
Syllables
ˌun · der · ˈɡɑːn (3 syllables)
Modern English
undergoundermine

Meaning

  1. to ruin, undermine

  2. to undergo

  3. to go under

    Sōðlīċe ðǣs mōnan ġēar hæfð seofon ⁊ twentiġ daga ⁊ eahta tīda. On ðām fyrste hē underyrnð ealle ðā twelf tācna, þe sēo sunne undergǣð twelf mōnað.

    Truly, the moon's year has twenty-seven days and eight hours. In that time, it passes beneath all twelve signs [of the zodiac], which the sun passes under in twelve months.

    c. 994, Ælfric, https://books.google.co.id/books?id=iqCU4ZV4pjoC&pg=PA6De Anno (On the Year)]

Conjugation

Conjugation of undergan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular undergāunderēode
2nd singular undergǣstunderēodest
3rd singular undergǣþunderēode
Plural undergāþunderēodon
Subjunctive
Singular undergāunderēode
Plural undergānunderēoden
Non-finite forms of undergan
Form
Infinitive undergān
Inflected infinitive undergānne
Imperative singular undergā
Imperative plural undergāþ
Present participle undergānde
Past participle undergān

All forms (11)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *undergān. Equivalent to under- + gan. Akin to Old Saxon undargan, undargangan, Old High German untargān.

Descendants

undergo

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