fegan

See also: Fegan and fəğan

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

Conjugation of fēġan (weak class 1)

infinitive	fēġan	fēġenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	fēġe	fēġde
second person singular	fēġest, fēġst	fēġdest
third person singular	fēġeþ, fēġþ	fēġde
plural	fēġaþ	fēġdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	fēġe	fēġde
plural	fēġen	fēġden
imperative
singular	fēġ
plural	fēġaþ
participle	present	past
	fēġende	(ġe)fēġed

Derived terms

• fēġung
• ġefēġan

Related terms

• fōg
• ġefēġe
• ġefōg

Descendants

• Middle English: feien, veien
  • English: fay

Welsh

Alternative forms

• figan

Noun

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

1. vegan

Derived terms

• feganaidd