hnægan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hnaigijan, a variant of *hnaijan, from Proto-Germanic *hnajjaną (“to neigh”). Cognate with Old Saxon tōhnēgian (“to neigh at”), Old Norse hneggja, gneggja (“to neigh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxnæː.jɑn/, [ˈn̥æː.jɑn]

Verb

hnǣġan

1. to neigh

   Þā sē ridda cōm his hors sadolian, þā hnǣġde hit blīðelīċe.

   When the rider came to saddle his horse, it neighed happily.

Conjugation

Conjugation of hnǣġan (weak class 1)

infinitive	hnǣġan	hnǣġenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	hnǣġe	hnǣġde
second person singular	hnǣġest, hnǣġst	hnǣġdest
third person singular	hnǣġeþ, hnǣġþ	hnǣġde
plural	hnǣġaþ	hnǣġdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	hnǣġe	hnǣġde
plural	hnǣġen	hnǣġden
imperative
singular	hnǣġ
plural	hnǣġaþ
participle	present	past
	hnǣġende	(ġe)hnǣġed

Derived terms

• hnǣgung

Descendants

• Middle English: neighen, neyen, neȝen, neiȝen
  • English: neigh
  • Scots: neche, nech, neich