hycgan

Old English

Alternative forms

• hyċġġan, hyċġean, hiċġan, hyġġean, hyċċan

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *huggjan, from Proto-Germanic *hugjaną (“think, consider”). Cognate with Old Saxon huggian, Old High German huggen, Old Norse hyggja, Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hugjan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxyj.jɑn/, [ˈhyd.d͡ʒɑn]

Verb

hyċġan

1. to think
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     …þæt biþ in eorle · indryhten þēaw,
     þæt hē his ferðlocan · fæste binde,
     healde his hordcōfan; · hyċġe swā hē wille.

     …that a noble habit is in a brave man,
     that he would tightly bind his spirit,
     keep his treasure-chamber; think as he want.

2. to think about, to think of, to consider
   • "The Wife's Lament"

     Ongunnon þæt þæs mannes māgas hyċġan þurh dierne ġeþōht þæt hīe tōdǣlden unc.

     The person's relatives began to think of a secret plan to separate us.

Usage notes

The conjugation table below shows the inherited forms of hyċġan, with hy(ċ)ġ- throughout the present tense and hogd- throughout the past. These are the normal forms in Early West Saxon. In the other dialects and Late West Saxon, it was often inflected as a weak class II verb hogian.

Conjugation

Conjugation of hyċġan (weak class 3)

infinitive	hyċġan	hyċġenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	hyċġe	hogde
second person singular	hyġst	hogdest
third person singular	hyġþ	hogde
plural	hyċġaþ	hogdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	hyċġe	hogde
plural	hyċġen	hogden
imperative
singular	hyġe
plural	hyċġaþ
participle	present	past
	hyċġende	(ġe)hogod

Derived terms

• āhyċġan
• behyċġan
• forhyċġan
• ġehyċġan
• oferhyċġan
• onhyċġan
• twihyċġan
• wiþhyċġan
• ymbhyċġan

 

Related terms

• ġehyġd
• hogian

Descendants

• Middle English: *huggen, *higgen, heoȝen
  • >? Scots: huke, huik