singan – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of singan

Infinitive

singan
singenne

Participles

Presentsingende
Past(ġe)sungen

Indicative

Present

1st sing.singe
2nd sing.singst
3rd sing.singþ
1st plur.singaþ
2nd plur.singaþ
3rd plur.singaþ

Past

1st sing.sang
2nd sing.sunge
3rd sing.sang
1st plur.sungon
2nd plur.sungon
3rd plur.sungon

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.singe
2nd sing.singe
3rd sing.singe
1st plur.singen
2nd plur.singen
3rd plur.singen

Past

1st sing.sunge
2nd sing.sunge
3rd sing.sunge
1st plur.sungen
2nd plur.sungen
3rd plur.sungen

Imperative

Singularsing
Pluralsingaþ

Verbs conjugated like 'singan'

sincan, singan,

Verbs similar to 'singan'

ingan, sengan, sigan, sincan, sinnan, slingan, stingan, swingan, þingan, astingan,

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *singwan, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ-. See: Proto-Germanic '*singwaną'.

Verbs referencing "singan"

English sing, Middle English singen.

Sample Sentences

  • Iċ þurh mūþ sprece mongum reordum, wrenċum singe, wrixle ġeneahhe hēafodwōþe,… (I speak with many voices through mouth, sing melodies, change abundantly my main song,…) [10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 8:]

Cognates

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