macian
Middle English
editVerb
editmacian
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of maken
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *makōn.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editmacian
- to make
- to cause
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Memory of the Saints"
- Heo macað reaflac and unrihte domas stala and leasunga and forsworennyssa. Heo is helle ġelic forðan þe hi habbað butu unafylledlice grædignysse þæt hi fulle ne beoð næfre.
- ...it causeth rapine, and unrighteous judgements, thefts, and leasings, and perjuries. It is like unto hell, because they both have insatiable greediness, so that they can never be full.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Memory of the Saints"
- to act
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"
- ...and þam bisceope marine and þām yldestan mannum be endebyrdnysse rehton hu hi hit macedon on decius caseres tīman...
- ..and related in order to the bishop Marinus and to the chiefest men how they had acted in the time of Decius the emperor...'
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"
- ...ac ic þurh nan þincg ongytan ne mæg hu me sy þus gelumpen þæt ic hit þus macige.
- ...but I cannot at all understand how it has thus happened to me that I act thus.'
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"
- to bring about
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Memory of the Saints"
- Se feorða leahtor is ira þæt is on englisc weamodnyss. Seo deð þæt se man nah his modes ġeweald and macað manslihtas and mycele yfelu.
- The fourth sin is Ira, that is in English, Anger; it causeth that a man have no power over his mind, and bringeth about manslaughters and many evils.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Memory of the Saints"
Conjugation
editConjugation of macian (weak class 2)
infinitive | macian | macienne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | maciġe | macode |
second person singular | macast | macodest |
third person singular | macaþ | macode |
plural | maciaþ | macodon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | maciġe | macode |
plural | maciġen | macoden |
imperative | ||
singular | maca | |
plural | maciaþ | |
participle | present | past |
maciende | (ġe)macod |
Derived terms
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- Old English class 2 weak verbs