Old English · verb
undergan
Normalised undergān
- Part of speech
- verb
- IPA
- /ˌun.derˈɡɑːn/
- Syllables
- ˌun · der · ˈɡɑːn (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- undergoundermine
Meaning
-
to ruin, undermine
-
to undergo
-
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
| Present | Past | |
|---|---|---|
| Indicative | ||
| 1st singular | undergā | underēode |
| 2nd singular | undergǣst | underēodest |
| 3rd singular | undergǣþ | underēode |
| Plural | undergāþ | underēodon |
| Subjunctive | ||
| Singular | undergā | underēode |
| Plural | undergān | underēoden |
| 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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