wigan

See also: Wigan

English

Etymology

From Wigan (“town in Greater Manchester”).

Noun

wigan (countable and uncountable, plural wigans)

1. A canvas-like cotton fabric, often coated with latex rubber, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers, dresses, etc.
   • 1932, Transactions of the Institution of the Rubber Industry, volume 8, page 313:

     It was really no easy matter to build up two or three plies of double warp Wigan with a thin covering of rubber to the accurate gauge that the printer required.

Anagrams

• Awngi, awing

Gothic

Romanization

wigan

1. Romanization of 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wīgan, from Proto-Germanic *wiganą. Cognate with Old High German wīgan, Old Norse vega.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiː.ɡɑn/, [ˈwiː.ɣɑn]

Verb

wīgan

1. to fight, make war, do battle

Conjugation

Conjugation of wīgan (strong class 1)

infinitive	wīgan	wīgenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	wīge	wāg, wāh
second person singular	wīġst	wige
third person singular	wīġþ	wāg, wāh
plural	wīgaþ	wigon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	wīge	wige
plural	wīgen	wigen
imperative
singular	wīġ
plural	wīgaþ
participle	present	past
	wīgende	(ġe)wiġen

Derived terms

• oferwīgan (“to overcome in battle, conquer”)
• wīgend (“soldier, warrior”)
• wigian (“to fight”)

Related terms

• wīg (“fight, battle, war, strife”)
• wiga (“a fighter, warrior; a man ennobled by his doggedness”)

References

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