cíeȝan

Part of speech: verb

Verb type: weak verb (1)

1. to call, name; to give a name to; 2. to call by name, address; 3. to invite, call upon (also cýȝan, cíȝan, céȝan)

Etymology

[← Prot-Germ *kaujan ← *kau-; O Sax kūmian “to cry, wail ”; OHG kūma n “crying, wailing”; kūmōn v “to cry; to complain”; gi-kewen v “to call” ← Indo-Europ *gou-; Sanskr jógū- “praise”; Anc Gr γοάω “to weep, groan”; Russ говор n “talk, sound of talking”; говорить v “to talk, speak”]

Paradigm

4.2.1 (a)

(a) with a short root vowel

I class	infinitive	past tense singular
to plough	erian	erede
to perform, commit	fremman	fremede

(b) with a long root vowel

I class	infinitive	past tense singular
to feed	fédan	fédde
to keep, observe	cépan	cépte
to send	sendan	sende

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