hycgan

Old English

Alternative forms

hyċġġan, hyċġean, hiċġan, hyġġean, hyċċan

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *huggjan, from Proto-Germanic *hugjaną (“think, consider”). Cognate with Old Saxon huggian, Old High German huggen, Old Norse hyggja, Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hugjan).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxyj.jɑn/, [ˈhyd.d͡ʒɑn]

Verb

hyċġan

to think
to think about, to think of, to consider
- "The Wife's Lament"
  Ongunnon þæt þæs mannes māgas hyċġan þurh dierne ġeþōht þæt hīe tōdǣlden unc.
  The person's relatives began to think of a secret plan to separate us.

Usage notes

The conjugation table below shows the inherited forms of hyċġan, with hy(ċ)ġ- throughout the present tense and hogd- throughout the past. These are the normal forms in Early West Saxon. In the other dialects and Late West Saxon, it was often inflected as a weak class II verb hogian.

Conjugation

Conjugation of hyċġan (weak class 3)

indicative mood	present tense	past tense
infinitive	hyċġan	hyċġenne
first person singular	hyċġe	hogde
second person singular	hyġst	hogdest
third person singular	hyġþ	hogde
plural	hyċġaþ	hogdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	hyċġe	hogde
plural	hyċġen	hogden
imperative
singular	hyġe
plural	hyċġaþ
participle	present	past
	hyċġende	(ġe)hogod

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Middle English: *huggen, *higgen, heoȝen
- >? Scots: huke, huik