gegan

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *gauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *gawjaną (“to bark, bay, scream”).

Alternative forms

• ġēn, ġǣn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjeː.jɑn/

Verb

ġēġan

1. to sigh, groan
2. to lament

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġēġan (weak class 1)

infinitive	ġēġan	ġēġenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġēġe	ġēġde
second person singular	ġēġest, ġēġst	ġēġdest
third person singular	ġēġeþ, ġēġþ	ġēġde
plural	ġēġaþ	ġēġdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġēġe	ġēġde
plural	ġēġen	ġēġden
imperative
singular	ġēġ
plural	ġēġaþ
participle	present	past
	ġēġende	(ġe)ġēġed

Related terms

• ġōian

Descendants

• Middle English: ȝeȝen, ȝeiȝen, ȝeien, yeyen

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈɡɑːn/

Participle

ġegān

1. past participle of gān

Etymology 3

From ġe- +‎ gān.

Verb

ġegān

1. to go, pass over
2. to happen, come to pass
3. to conquer
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans

     Binnan fīf and twēntiġ ġēara Philippus ġeēode ealle þā cynerīċu þe on Crēcum wǣron.

     Within twenty-five years, Phillip conquered all the kingdoms in Greece.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġegān (irregular)

infinitive	ġegān	ġegānne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġegā	ġeēode
second person singular	ġegǣst	ġeēodest
third person singular	ġegǣþ	ġeēode
plural	ġegāþ	ġeēodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġegā	ġeēode
plural	ġegān	ġeēoden
imperative
singular	ġegā
plural	ġegāþ
participle	present	past
	ġegānde	ġegān

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ge-gán”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.