gefegan

Old English

Etymology

From ġe- +‎ fēġan. Cognate with Old High German gifuogen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈfeː.jɑn/

Verb

ġefēġan

1. to join, unite, compact, compose
2. to constrain, confine
3. to square, adapt

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġefēġan (weak class 1)

infinitive	ġefēġan	ġefēġenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġefēġe	ġefēġde
second person singular	ġefēġest, ġefēġst	ġefēġdest
third person singular	ġefēġeþ, ġefēġþ	ġefēġde
plural	ġefēġaþ	ġefēġdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġefēġe	ġefēġde
plural	ġefēġen	ġefēġden
imperative
singular	ġefēġ
plural	ġefēġaþ
participle	present	past
	ġefēġende	ġefēġed

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “gefégan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.