heascen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• heasci

Etymology

From Old English *hessian, *hetsian, from Proto-West Germanic *hatisōn, from Proto-Germanic *hatisōną. Compare Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌶𐍉𐌽 (hatizōn, “to feel hate, to be angry”).

Verb

heascen

1. To hate or persecute
2. To be angry

Conjugation

Conjugation of heascen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) heascen, heasce
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	heasce	heasced
2nd-person singular	heascest	heascedest
3rd-person singular	heasceth	heasced
subjunctive singular	heasce
imperative singular		—
plural1	heascen, heasce	heasceden, heascede
imperative plural	heasceth, heasce	—
participles	heascynge, heascende	heasced, yheasced

¹ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

References

• “heascen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2016-03-06.