fegan

See also: Fegan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fōgijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōgijaną (to join), from *peh₂ḱ- (to secure, fasten, put down). Cognate with Old Frisian fōgia, Old Saxon fōgian (to add), Dutch voegen, Old High German fuogen (to add) (German fügen). Related to fang, fair.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfeː.jɑn/

Verb

fēġan

  1. to attach, join
  2. to add
  3. to fix, adapt
  4. to compose; to confine

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: feien, veien
    • English: fay
    • Yola: fighed, feight (preterite)

Welsh

Alternative forms

Noun

fegan m or f by sense (plural feganiaid, not mutable)

  1. vegan

Derived terms

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