smeagan – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of smeagan

Infinitive

smēaġan
smēaġenne

Participles

Presentsmēaġende
Past(ġe)smēaġed

Indicative

Present

1st sing.smēaġe
2nd sing.smēaġest; smēaġst
3rd sing.smēaġeþ; smēaġþ
1st plur.smēaġaþ
2nd plur.smēaġaþ
3rd plur.smēaġaþ

Past

1st sing.smēaġde
2nd sing.smēaġdest
3rd sing.smēaġde
1st plur.smēaġdon
2nd plur.smēaġdon
3rd plur.smēaġdon

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.smēaġe
2nd sing.smēaġe
3rd sing.smēaġe
1st plur.smēaġen
2nd plur.smēaġen
3rd plur.smēaġen

Past

1st sing.smēaġde
2nd sing.smēaġde
3rd sing.smēaġde
1st plur.smēaġden
2nd plur.smēaġden
3rd plur.smēaġden

Imperative

Singularsmēaġ
Pluralsmēaġaþ

Verbs conjugated like 'smeagan'

smeagan,

Etymology

From pre-Old English *smauhōjan, an extended form of *smauhōn. The verb was contracted after loss of intervocalic -h- (compare twēoġan, sċōġan). Equivalent to smēag (“penetrating, acute, subtle, effective, clever”) + -ian. Ultimately from the root of Proto-Germanic *smeuganą (“to creep, slip through”). Akin to Old English smūgan (“to creep, progress gradually or deliberately”), Old Norse smjúga (“to creep”) (> Danish smyge), Old English smyġel (“a burrow, place to creep into”). See: Proto-Germanic '*smeuganą', Danish 'smyge'.

Verbs referencing "smeagan"

English Gollum.

Sample Sentences

  • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle"
  • Smēaġað nu hú Drihten mancynne ætbræd wuldor, þæt hé him wuldor forgeafe. (Consider now how the Lord took glory away from mankind, that he might give them glory.)
  • And þa ferdon ða pharisei ⁊ ongunnon mid him smeagean ⁊ tacen of heofone sohton ⁊ his fandedon; (And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. (KJV)) [Lindisfarne Gospels, Mark 8:11]
  • Lindisfarne Gospels, Mark 9:16 (And he asked them, What question ye among yourselves?)

Cognates

See the 3 cognates of smeagan