ciegan

Old English

Alternative forms

• ċīġan, ċȳġan — Late West Saxon
• ċēġan, ċēġean — Anglian, Kentish

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kawjaną (“to call, name”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to call, cry out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi͜yː.jɑn/

Verb

ċīeġan (West Saxon)

1. to call; name
2. to call upon, invoke, summon, call together
3. to cry, cry out; call out

Conjugation

Conjugation of ċīeġan (weak class 1)

infinitive	ċīeġan	ċīeġenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ċīeġe	ċīeġde
second person singular	ċīeġest, ċīeġst	ċīeġdest
third person singular	ċīeġeþ, ċīeġþ	ċīeġde
plural	ċīeġaþ	ċīeġdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ċīeġe	ċīeġde
plural	ċīeġen	ċīeġden
imperative
singular	ċīeġ
plural	ċīeġaþ
participle	present	past
	ċīeġende	(ġe)ċīeġed

Derived terms

• edċīeġan (“to recall”)
• eftġeċīeġan (“to call back”)
• forþāċīeġan (“to call forth”)
• forþġeċīeġan (“to call forth”)
• inċīeġan (“to invoke”)
• āċīeġan (“to call”)
• ġeedċīeġan (“to recall”)
• ġeinċīeġan (“to invoke”)
• ġeċīeġan (“to incite”)

 

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Spanish

Verb

ciegan

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of cegar.
2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present indicative form of cegar.