fysian

fysian

Old English

Alternative forms

• fēsian (Kentish)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfyː.si.ɑn/, [ˈfyː.zi.ɑn]

Verb

fȳsian

1. to drive away, put to flight

   Ðæt oft on gefeohte ān fēseþ tyne

   One of the battery may need to flee, often ten times

   (Lupi Serm. i. 14; Hick. Thes. ii. 103, 20.)

   Ðonne fȳsie hī man of earde

   let them then be driven from the country

   (Laws of Edward and Guthrum)

Conjugation

Conjugation of fȳsian (weak class 2)

infinitive	fȳsian	fȳsienne
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	fȳsie	fȳsode
2nd-person singular	fȳsast	fȳsodest
3rd-person singular	fȳsaþ	fȳsode
plural	fȳsiaþ	fȳsodon
subjunctive	present	past
singular	fȳsie	fȳsode
plural	fȳsien	fȳsoden
imperative
singular	fȳsa
plural	fȳsiaþ
participle	present	past
	fȳsiende	(ġe)fȳsod

Descendants

• English: feeze, feaze, faze, pheeze (through the Kentish form)