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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

  1. 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

Conjugation of witgian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular wītgiġewītgode
2nd singular wītgastwītgodest
3rd singular wītgaþwītgode
Plural wītgiaþwītgodon
Subjunctive
Singular wītgiġewītgode
Plural wītgiġenwītgoden
Non-finite forms of witgian
Form
Infinitive wītgian
Inflected infinitive wītgienne
Imperative singular wītga
Imperative plural wītgiaþ
Present participle wītgiende
Past participle wītgodġewītgod

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wītagōn. Equivalent to wītga + -ian.

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