sægan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *saigijaną, the causative of sīgan (“to sink, fall, drop”), (compare senċan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæː.jɑn/

Verb

sǣġan

1. to make sink, fell, drop

Conjugation

Conjugation of sǣġan (weak class 1)

infinitive	sǣġan	sǣġenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	sǣġe	sǣġde
second person singular	sǣġest, sǣġst	sǣġdest
third person singular	sǣġeþ, sǣġþ	sǣġde
plural	sǣġaþ	sǣġdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	sǣġe	sǣġde
plural	sǣġen	sǣġden
imperative
singular	sǣġ
plural	sǣġaþ
participle	present	past
	sǣġende	(ġe)sǣġed

Descendants

• Middle English: seien