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Old English · verb

wiglian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈwiɡ.li.ɑn/
[ˈwiɣ.li.ɑn]
Syllables
ˈwiɡ · li · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
foretell

Meaning

  1. to divine, foretell

Conjugation

Conjugation of wiglian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular wigliġewiglode
2nd singular wiglastwiglodest
3rd singular wiglaþwiglode
Plural wigliaþwiglodon
Subjunctive
Singular wigliġewiglode
Plural wigliġenwigloden
Non-finite forms of wiglian
Form
Infinitive wiglian
Inflected infinitive wiglienne
Imperative singular wigla
Imperative plural wigliaþ
Present participle wigliende
Past participle wiglodġewiglod

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wigulōn, *wihulōn, from Proto-Germanic *wigulōną, *wihulōną (“to conjure, divine”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to separate, choose, cull, weed out, consecrate”). Related to Dutch wichelen.

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