sighen
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Middle Dutch[edit]
Verb[edit]
sighen
- Alternative spelling of sigen
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Back-formation from sighte, siȝhte, past tense forms of siken, from Old English sīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *sīkan, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- (“to pour out”).
Verb[edit]
sighen (third-person singular simple present sigheth, present participle sighende, sighynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle sighed)
- (intransitive) to sigh; to moan
- to sigh for; to sigh in regret for
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of sighen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants[edit]
- English: sigh
References[edit]
- “sī̆ghen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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- Middle Dutch non-lemma forms
- Middle Dutch verb forms
- Middle English back-formations
- Middle English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English verbs
- Middle English intransitive verbs
- Middle English weak verbs