forhycgan
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Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
forhyċġan
- to despise, scorn (somebody or something)
- to disdain, scorn (to do something)
- to reject (somebody or something) scornfully
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of forhyċġan (weak class 3)
infinitive | forhyċġan | forhyċġenne |
---|---|---|
indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | forhyċġe | forhogde |
second person singular | forhyġst | forhogdest |
third person singular | forhyġþ | forhogde |
plural | forhyċġaþ | forhogdon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | forhyċġe | forhogde |
plural | forhyċġen | forhogden |
imperative | ||
singular | forhyġe | |
plural | forhyċġaþ | |
participle | present | past |
forhyċġende | forhogd |
Derived terms[edit]
- forhogd (“contemptible, despised”)
- forhogodlīċ (“scorned, contemptible”)
- forhogodnes f (“contempt, disdain”)
References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “forhycgan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.