hycgan
Old English
Alternative forms
- hyċġġan, hyċġean, hiċġan, hyġġean, hyċċan
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *huggjan, from Proto-Germanic *hugjaną (“think, consider”). Cognate with Old Saxon huggian, Old High German huggen, Old Norse hyggja, Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hugjan).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxyj.jɑn/, [ˈhyd.d͡ʒɑn]
Verb
hyċġan
- to think
- to think about, to think of, to consider
- "The Wife's Lament"
- Ongunnon þæt þæs mannes māgas hyċġan þurh dierne ġeþōht þæt hīe tōdǣlden unc.
- The person's relatives began to think of a secret plan to separate us.
- "The Wife's Lament"
Usage notes
The conjugation table below shows the inherited forms of hyċġan, with hy(ċ)ġ- throughout the present tense and hogd- throughout the past. These are the normal forms in Early West Saxon. In the other dialects and Late West Saxon, it was often inflected as a weak class II verb hogian.
Conjugation
Conjugation of hyċġan (weak class 3)
| infinitive | hyċġan | hyċġenne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
| first person singular | hyċġe | hogde |
| second person singular | hyġst | hogdest |
| third person singular | hyġþ | hogde |
| plural | hyċġaþ | hogdon |
| subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
| singular | hyċġe | hogde |
| plural | hyċġen | hogden |
| imperative | ||
| singular | hyġe | |
| plural | hyċġaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| hyċġende | (ġe)hogod | |
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