Participles
| Present | hīgiende |
| Past | (ġe)hīgod |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | hīgiġe |
| 2nd sing. | hīgast |
| 3rd sing. | hīgaþ |
| 1st plur. | hīgiaþ |
| 2nd plur. | hīgiaþ |
| 3rd plur. | hīgiaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | hīgode |
| 2nd sing. | hīgodest |
| 3rd sing. | hīgode |
| 1st plur. | hīgodon |
| 2nd plur. | hīgodon |
| 3rd plur. | hīgodon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | hīgiġe |
| 2nd sing. | hīgiġe |
| 3rd sing. | hīgiġe |
| 1st plur. | hīgiġen |
| 2nd plur. | hīgiġen |
| 3rd plur. | hīgiġen |
Past
| 1st sing. | hīgode |
| 2nd sing. | hīgode |
| 3rd sing. | hīgode |
| 1st plur. | hīgoden |
| 2nd plur. | hīgoden |
| 3rd plur. | hīgoden |
Imperative
| Singular | hīga |
| Plural | hīgiaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'higian'
higian,
Verbs similar to 'higian'
hegian,
hiwian,
hnigian,
hogian,
bifian,
bigan,
bisgian,
cigan,
cilian,
dagian,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hīgōn, from Proto-Germanic *hīgōną (“to breathe, pant”). Cognate with Middle Dutch higen (Dutch hijgen), Middle Low German higen (German heichen). See: Proto-Germanic '
*hīgōną', Dutch '
hijgen', German, old spelling '
heichen'.
Sample Sentences