cigan

Old English

Alternative forms

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
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