geiecan

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġeīċan, ġeīċean, ġeȳċan

Etymology

From ġe- +‎ īeċan (“to eke, increase”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈi͜yː.t͡ʃɑn/

Verb

ġeīeċan (West Saxon)

1. to increase
2. to add
3. to enlarge

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġeīeċan (weak class 1)

infinitive	ġeīeċan	ġeīeċenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġeīeċe	ġeīehte
second person singular	ġeīeċest, ġeīecst	ġeīehtest
third person singular	ġeīeċeþ, ġeīecþ	ġeīehte
plural	ġeīeċaþ	ġeīehton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġeīeċe	ġeīehte
plural	ġeīeċen	ġeīehten
imperative
singular	ġeīeċ
plural	ġeīeċaþ
participle	present	past
	ġeīeċende	ġeīeht

References

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