cigan

cigan

Old English

Alternative forms

• cēgan, cēgean, cīegan, cīgean, cȳgan, cȳgean

Etymology

ġe- +‎ ċīeġan from Proto-Germanic *kawjaną (“to call, name”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to call, cry out”).

Verb

cīgan

1. to name, to call
2. to call upon, to invoke
3. to call together, to convoke
4. to call out, to cry out

Conjugation

Conjugation of cīgan (weak class 1)

infinitive	cīgan	tō cīgenne
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	cīge	cīgde
2nd-person singular	cīgest	cīgdest
3rd-person singular	cīgeþ	cīgde
plural	cīgaþ	cīgdon
subjunctive	present	past
singular	cīge	cīgde
plural	cīgen	cīgden
imperative
singular	cīg
plural	cīgaþ
participle	present	past
	cīgende	(ġe)cīged

Derived terms

• ācīgan (“to call”)
• edcīgan (“to recall”)
• eftgecīgan (“to call back”)
• forþacīgan (“to call forth”)
• forþgecīgan (“to call forth”)
• ġecīgan (“to incite”)
• ġeedcīgan (“to recall”)
• ġeincīgan (“to invoke”)
• incīgan (“to invoke”)

 

Descendants

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

References

• Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary