magan
Gothic
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *maganą, from Proto-Indo-European *mogʰ-, *magʰ-, *megʰ- (“power”). Cognate with Old Frisian muga, Middle Dutch mogen (Dutch mogen), Old High German magan (German mögen), Old Norse mega (Icelandic mega), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽 (magan); and more distantly with Russian мочь (močʹ), Lithuanian mėgti, Ancient Greek μῆχος (mêkhos, “contrivance”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑɣɑn/
Conjugation
Conjugation of magan (preterite-present)
infinitive | magan | tō maganne |
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indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | mæġ | mihte, meahte |
2nd-person singular | meaht | meahtest |
3rd-person singular | mæġ | mihte, meahte |
plural | magon | meahton |
subjunctive | present | past |
singular | mæġe | mihte |
plural | mæġen | mihten |
imperative | ||
singular | — | |
plural | — | |
participle | present | past |
magende | (ge)magen |
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