Part of speech: verb
Verb type: strong verb (1)
1) to ascend, mount, go up; to climb; 2) to go, move
Etymology
[← Prot-Germ *stīgan; Goth steigan; O Fris stīga; O Sax stīgan; Dt stijgen; OHG stīgan (Mod G steigen); Icel stíga ← Indo-Europ *steigh-; Sanskr stighnoti- “to ascend, go up”; Anc Gr στείχω “to go; to walk”; Lith steĩgti “hurries”; O Slav стьза “path; road” (Russ стезя); Russ по-стигать “to perceive, understand“; до-стигать “to reach; to achieve”]
Paradigm
4.1.1. - I class
| I class | infinitive | past tense singular | past tense plural | past participle |
| to write | wrítan | wrát | writon | writen |
| to cut; to cut off | sníðan | snáþ | snidon | sniden |
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