migan

See also: mìgān

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mīganą (“to urinate”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃meyǵʰ- (“to urinate”). Cognate with Old Frisian mīga (“to urinate”), Old Saxon mīgan (Dutch miegen (“to urinate”)), Old Dutch mīgan, Old Norse míga (“to urinate, piss”) (Icelandic and Faroese míga (“to piss, pee”), Swedish miga (“to piss, pee”), Danish and Norwegian mige (“to piss, pee”)); also cognate with Latin meiō, mingō (“I urinate”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmiː.jɑn/

Verb

mīġan

  1. to urinate, piss, pee

Conjugation
Conjugation of mīġan (strong class 1)
infinitive mīġan tō mīġenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular mīġe māg
2nd-person singular mīġst miġe
3rd-person singular mīġþ māg
plural mīġaþ miġon
subjunctive present past
singular mīġe miġe
plural mīġen miġen
imperative
singular mīġ
plural mīġaþ
participle present past
mīġende (ġe)miġen

Descendants
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