hnægan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hnaigijan, a variant of *hnaijan, from Proto-Germanic *hnajjaną (“to neigh”). Cognate with Old Saxon tōhnēgian (“to neigh at”), Old Norse hneggja, gneggja (“to neigh”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxnæː.jɑn/, [ˈn̥æː.jɑn]

Verb

hnǣġan

  1. to neigh
    Þā sē ridda cōm his hors sadolian, þā hnǣġde hit blīðelīċe.
    When the rider came to saddle his horse, it neighed happily.

Conjugation

Conjugation of hnǣġan (weak, class 1)
infinitive hnǣġan hnǣġenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular hnǣġe hnǣġde
second person singular hnǣġest, hnǣġst hnǣġdest
third person singular hnǣġeþ, hnǣġþ hnǣġde
plural hnǣġaþ hnǣġdon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular hnǣġe hnǣġde
plural hnǣġen hnǣġden
imperative
singular hnǣġ
plural hnǣġaþ
participle present past
hnǣġende (ġe)hnǣġed

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: neighen, neyen, neȝen, neiȝen
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