Participles
| Present | nāgende |
| Past | (ġe)nāgen |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | nāh |
| 2nd sing. | nāhst |
| 3rd sing. | nāh |
| 1st plur. | nāgon |
| 2nd plur. | nāgon |
| 3rd plur. | nāgon |
Past
| 1st sing. | nāhte |
| 2nd sing. | nāhtest |
| 3rd sing. | nāhte |
| 1st plur. | nāhton |
| 2nd plur. | nāhton |
| 3rd plur. | nāhton |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | nāge |
| 2nd sing. | nāge |
| 3rd sing. | nāge |
| 1st plur. | nāgen |
| 2nd plur. | nāgen |
| 3rd plur. | nāgen |
Past
| 1st sing. | nāhte |
| 2nd sing. | nāhte |
| 3rd sing. | nāhte |
| 1st plur. | nāhten |
| 2nd plur. | nāhten |
| 3rd plur. | nāhten |
Verbs conjugated like 'nagan'
nagan,
Verbs similar to 'nagan'
agan,
gnagan,
magan,
acan,
alan,
bacan,
began,
bigan,
bugan,
bygan,
Etymology
Contraction of ne + āgan.
Sample Sentences
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late 10th century, Ælfric, "Memory of the Saints"
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Se feorða leahtor is ira þæt is on englisc weamodnyss. Seo deð þæt se man nah his modes ġeweald and macað manslihtas and mycele yfelu. (The fourth sin is Ira, that is in English, Anger; it causeth that a man have no power over his mind, and bringeth about manslaughters and many evils.)
Cognates
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