hycgan – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of hycgan

Infinitive

hyċġan
hyċġenne

Participles

Presenthyċġende
Past(ġe)hogod

Indicative

Present

1st sing.hyċġe
2nd sing.hyġst
3rd sing.hyġþ
1st plur.hyċġaþ
2nd plur.hyċġaþ
3rd plur.hyċġaþ

Past

1st sing.hogde
2nd sing.hogdest
3rd sing.hogde
1st plur.hogdon
2nd plur.hogdon
3rd plur.hogdon

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.hyċġe
2nd sing.hyċġe
3rd sing.hyċġe
1st plur.hyċġen
2nd plur.hyċġen
3rd plur.hyċġen

Past

1st sing.hogde
2nd sing.hogde
3rd sing.hogde
1st plur.hogden
2nd plur.hogden
3rd plur.hogden

Imperative

Singularhyġe
Pluralhyċġaþ

Verbs conjugated like 'hycgan'

hycgan,

Verbs similar to 'hycgan'

ahycgan, bycgan, abycgan, behycgan, bygan, byrgan, cygan, dyngan, ecgan, fylgan,

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *huggjan, from Proto-Germanic *hugjaną (“think, consider”). Cognate with Old Saxon huggian, Old High German huggen, Old Norse hyggja, Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hugjan). See: Proto-Germanic '*hugjaną', Old Saxon 'huggian'.

Sample Sentences

  • …þæt biþ in eorle · indryhten þēaw,
  • þæt hē his ferðlocan · fæste binde,
  • healde his hordcōfan; · hyċġe swā hē wille. (…that a noble habit is in a brave man,
  • that he would tightly bind his spirit,
  • keep his treasure-chamber; think as he want.) [10th century, The Wanderer:]
  • "The Wife's Lament"
  • Ongunnon þæt þæs mannes māgas hyċġan þurh dierne ġeþōht þæt hīe tōdǣlden unc. (The person's relatives began to think of a secret plan to separate us.)

Cognates

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