fician

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fikōną (“to deceive”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *peyǵ- (“ill-meaning, evil-minded, treacherous, hostile, bad”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ki.ɑn/

Verb

fician

1. to deceive; bewile, mislead, con

Conjugation

Conjugation of fician (weak class 2)

infinitive	fician	ficienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ficiġe	ficode
second person singular	ficast	ficodest
third person singular	ficaþ	ficode
plural	ficiaþ	ficodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ficiġe	ficode
plural	ficiġen	ficoden
imperative
singular	fica
plural	ficiaþ
participle	present	past
	ficiende	(ġe)ficod

Derived terms

• befician

Related terms

• fācn
• ficol
• ġefic

Descendants

• Middle English: fiken
  • English: fike