mengan

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mangijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *menk- (“knead”). Cognate with Old Frisian menza, Old Saxon mengian, Middle Dutch mengen (Dutch mengen), Old High German mengen (German mengen). The Indo-European root is also the source of Old Church Slavonic мѫка (mǫka), Russian мука (muka), Lithuanian minkiti.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmeŋɡɑn/, /ˈmend͡ʒɑn/

Verb

mengan

  1. to mix, to mingle or blend
    Ðæt wæter and sēo eorþe wǣron ġemengede oþ ðone þriddan dæġ: the water and earth were mixed until the third day.

Conjugation
Conjugation of mengan (weak class 1)
infinitive mengan tō mengenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular menge mengde
2nd-person singular mengst mengdest
3rd-person singular mengþ mengde
plural mengaþ mengdon
subjunctive present past
singular menge mengde
plural mengen mengden
imperative
singular menge
plural mengaþ
participle present past
mengende (ġe)menged

Derived terms

Descendants
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