fegan

See also: Fegan and fəğan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fōgijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōgijaną (“to join”), from *peh₂ḱ- (“to secure, fasten, put down”). Cognate with Old Frisian fōgia, Old Saxon fōgian (“to add”), Dutch voegen, Old High German fuogen (“to add”) (German fügen). Related to fang, fair.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfeː.jɑn/

Verb

fēġan

  1. to attach, join
  2. to add
  3. to fix, adapt
  4. to compose; to confine

Conjugation

Conjugation of fēġan (weak, class 1)
infinitive fēġan fēġenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular fēġe fēġde
second person singular fēġest, fēġst fēġdest
third person singular fēġeþ, fēġþ fēġde
plural fēġaþ fēġdon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular fēġe fēġde
plural fēġen fēġden
imperative
singular fēġ
plural fēġaþ
participle present past
fēġende (ġe)fēġed

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: feien, veien
    • English: fay

Welsh

Alternative forms

Noun

fegan m or f by sense (plural feganiaid, not mutable)

  1. vegan

Derived terms

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