Old English · verb
witgian
Normalised wītgian
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- weak class 2
- IPA
- /ˈwiːt.ɡi.ɑn/[ˈwiːt.ɣi.ɑn]
- Syllables
- ˈwiːt · ɡi · ɑn (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- prophesy
Meaning
-
to prophesy
Þā on þām eahteoþan ġēare siþþan hēo abbudisse wæs, hēo wæs ġeuntrumod swā swā hēo ǣr witeġode, swā þæt ān ġeswel wēox on hire swūran myċel under ċynnbane...
Then on the eighth year since she became abbodess, she was sickened as she had previously predicted, as a large tumor grew on her neck under the chinbone....
late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
Conjugation
All forms (15)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *wītagōn. Equivalent to wītga + -ian.
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