sigan – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of sigan

Infinitive

sīgan
sīgenne

Participles

Presentsīgende
Past(ġe)siġen

Indicative

Present

1st sing.sīge
2nd sing.sīġst
3rd sing.sīġþ
1st plur.sīgaþ
2nd plur.sīgaþ
3rd plur.sīgaþ

Past

1st sing.sāg; sāh
2nd sing.sige
3rd sing.sāg; sāh
1st plur.sigon
2nd plur.sigon
3rd plur.sigon

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.sīge
2nd sing.sīge
3rd sing.sīge
1st plur.sīgen
2nd plur.sīgen
3rd plur.sīgen

Past

1st sing.sige
2nd sing.sige
3rd sing.sige
1st plur.sigen
2nd plur.sigen
3rd plur.sigen

Imperative

Singularsīġ
Pluralsīgaþ

Verbs conjugated like 'sigan'

sigan,

Verbs similar to 'sigan'

bigan, cigan, migan, sægan, sican, siglan, singan, stigan, sugan, tigan,

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sīgan, from Proto-Germanic *sīganą. See: Proto-Germanic '*sīganą'.

Sample Sentences

  • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
  • ...ðā ðā hǣðenan āhēowon þæt trēow mid ormǣtre blisse, þæt hit brastliende sāh tō ðām hālgan were, hetelīċe swīðe. Þā worhte hē onġēan ðām hrēosendum trēowe þǣs Hǣlendes rōde tācn, and hit ðǣrrihte ætstōd, wende ðā onġēan, and hrēas underbæc, and fornēan offēoll ðā ðe hit ǣr forcurfon. (Then the heathens cut down the tree with great joy, so that, rustling, it fell towards the holy man very violently. Then he made the sign of the Savior's cross to the falling tree, and it immediately stood still, turned around, and fell backwards, and almost fell upon those who had previously cut it.)

Cognates

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