geciegan

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġeċīġan, ġeċȳġan — Late West Saxon
• ġeċēġan — Anglian

Etymology

ġe- +‎ ċīeġan from Proto-Germanic *kawjaną (“to call, name”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈt͡ʃi͜yː.jɑn/

Verb

ġeċīeġan (Early West Saxon)

1. to call upon
2. to call, to name
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle"

     Crist on sumere tīde ferde wið þǣre Galileiscan sǣ, and ġeseah twēġen ġebroðra, Simonem, se wæs ġecīġed Petrus, and his broðor Andream: et reliqua.

     Christ on a time went along the Galilean sea, and saw two brothers, Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew, etc.

3. to name
4. to invoke
5. to summon
6. to convene

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġeċīeġan (weak class 1)

infinitive	ġeċīeġan	ġeċīeġenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġeċīeġe	ġeċīeġde
second person singular	ġeċīeġest, ġeċīeġst	ġeċīeġdest
third person singular	ġeċīeġeþ, ġeċīeġþ	ġeċīeġde
plural	ġeċīeġaþ	ġeċīeġdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġeċīeġe	ġeċīeġde
plural	ġeċīeġen	ġeċīeġden
imperative
singular	ġeċīeġ
plural	ġeċīeġaþ
participle	present	past
	ġeċīeġende	ġeċīeġed

Related terms

• ġeċīeġendliċ (“calling, addressing, vocative”)

Descendants

• Middle English: ȝeciȝen, icheien