cigan

Old English

Alternative forms

• ċēġan, ċēġean, ċīeġan, ċīġean, ċȳġan, ċȳġean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiː.jɑn/

Verb

ċīġan

1. Alternative form of ċīeġan

Conjugation

Conjugation of cīġan (weak class 1)

infinitive	cīġan	cīġenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	cīġe	cīġde
second person singular	cīġest, cīġst	cīġdest
third person singular	cīġeþ, cīġþ	cīġde
plural	cīġaþ	cīġdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	cīġe	cīġde
plural	cīġen	cīġden
imperative
singular	cīġ
plural	cīġaþ
participle	present	past
	cīġende	(ġe)cīġed

Derived terms

• edċīġan (“to recall”)
• eftġeċīġan (“to call back”)
• forþāċīġan (“to call forth”)
• forþġeċīġan (“to call forth”)
• inċīġan (“to invoke”)
• āċīġan (“to call”)
• ġeedċīġan (“to recall”)
• ġeinċīġan (“to invoke”)
• ġeċīġan (“to incite”)

 

Descendants

• ⇒ Old English: ġeċīġan
  • Middle English: ȝeciȝen, icheien

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “cigan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.