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Old English · verb

wican

Normalised wīcan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class I
Modern English
wick

Meaning

  1. to yield, give way

Conjugation

Conjugation of wican
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular wīcewāc
2nd singular wīcstwice
3rd singular wīcþwāc
Plural wīcaþwicon
Subjunctive
Singular wīcewice
Plural wīcenwicen
Non-finite forms of wican
Form
Infinitive wīcan
Inflected infinitive wīcenne
Imperative singular wīc
Imperative plural wīcaþ
Present participle wīcende
Past participle wicenġewicen

All forms (14)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wīkwan, from Proto-Germanic *wīkwaną. Cognate with Old Saxon wīkan and Old Norse víkja.

Descendants

wick

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