geciegan
Old English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editġe- + ċīeġan from Proto-Germanic *kawjaną (“to call, name”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editġeċīeġan (Early West Saxon)
- to call upon
- to call, to name
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle"
- Crist on sumere tīde ferde wið þǣre Galileiscan sǣ, and ġeseah twēġen ġebroðra, Simonem, se wæs ġecīġed Petrus, and his broðor Andream: et reliqua.
- Christ on a time went along the Galilean sea, and saw two brothers, Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew, etc.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle"
- to name
- to invoke
- to summon
- to convene
Conjugation
editConjugation of ġeċīeġan (weak class 1)
infinitive | ġeċīeġan | ġeċīeġenne |
---|---|---|
indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | ġeċīeġe | ġeċīeġde |
second person singular | ġeċīeġest, ġeċīeġst | ġeċīeġdest |
third person singular | ġeċīeġeþ, ġeċīeġþ | ġeċīeġde |
plural | ġeċīeġaþ | ġeċīeġdon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | ġeċīeġe | ġeċīeġde |
plural | ġeċīeġen | ġeċīeġden |
imperative | ||
singular | ġeċīeġ | |
plural | ġeċīeġaþ | |
participle | present | past |
ġeċīeġende | ġeċīeġed |
Related terms
edit- ġeċīeġendliċ (“calling, addressing, vocative”)