toiecan

Old English

Alternative forms

• tōēċan — Anglian
• tōīċan, tōȳċan — Late West Saxon

Etymology

Equivalent to tō- +‎ īeċan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toːˈi͜yː.t͡ʃɑn/

Verb

tōīeċan (West Saxon)

1. to add to
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     Þæt iċ bē ðām hālgan fæder Cūðbyrhte wrāt oððe on þysse bēċ oððe on ōðre, þā dǣda his līfes, sume iċ ǣrest nōm of þām ġewrītum ðe iċ āwriten ġemette mid þām broðrum þǣre ċyriċean æt Lindesfearona ēa sumu ðā þe iċ sylf onġitan mihte þurh swīðe ġetrēowa manna ġesæġene iċ tōycte.

     That which I wrote about the holy father Cuthbert, either in this book or another, about his life's deeds, some I took first from what I found among the brethren of the church at Lindisfarne, and I have added on the particulars which I could glean through conversations with very trustworthy people.

Conjugation

Conjugation of tōīeċan (weak class 1)

infinitive	tōīeċan	tōīeċenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	tōīeċe	tōīecte
second person singular	tōīeċest, tōīecst	tōīectest
third person singular	tōīeċeþ, tōīecþ	tōīecte
plural	tōīeċaþ	tōīecton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	tōīeċe	tōīecte
plural	tōīeċen	tōīecten
imperative
singular	tōīeċ
plural	tōīeċaþ
participle	present	past
	tōīeċende	tōīeċed

Derived terms

• tōīeċnes f

References

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