Infinitive
| ġēġan; ġegān |
| ġēġenne; ġegānne |
Participles
| Present | ġēġende; ġegānde |
| Past | (ġe)ġēġed; ġegān |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | ġēġe; ġegā |
| 2nd sing. | ġēġest; ġēġst; ġegǣst |
| 3rd sing. | ġēġeþ; ġēġþ; ġegǣþ |
| 1st plur. | ġēġaþ; ġegāþ |
| 2nd plur. | ġēġaþ; ġegāþ |
| 3rd plur. | ġēġaþ; ġegāþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | ġēġde; ġeēode |
| 2nd sing. | ġēġdest; ġeēodest |
| 3rd sing. | ġēġde; ġeēode |
| 1st plur. | ġēġdon; ġeēodon |
| 2nd plur. | ġēġdon; ġeēodon |
| 3rd plur. | ġēġdon; ġeēodon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | ġēġe; ġegā |
| 2nd sing. | ġēġe; ġegā |
| 3rd sing. | ġēġe; ġegā |
| 1st plur. | ġēġen; ġegān |
| 2nd plur. | ġēġen; ġegān |
| 3rd plur. | ġēġen; ġegān |
Past
| 1st sing. | ġēġde; ġeēode |
| 2nd sing. | ġēġde; ġeēode |
| 3rd sing. | ġēġde; ġeēode |
| 1st plur. | ġēġden; ġeēoden |
| 2nd plur. | ġēġden; ġeēoden |
| 3rd plur. | ġēġden; ġeēoden |
Imperative
| Singular | ġēġ; ġegā |
| Plural | ġēġaþ; ġegāþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'gegan'
gegan,
Verbs similar to 'gegan'
began,
cegan,
fegan,
gengan,
wegan,
agan,
belgan,
beran,
betan,
biegan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *gawjaną (“to bark, bay, scream”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*gawjaną'.
Sample Sentences
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late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
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Binnan fīf and twēntiġ ġēara Philippus ġeēode ealle þā cynerīċu þe on Crēcum wǣron. (Within twenty-five years, Phillip conquered all the kingdoms in Greece.)
Cognates
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