swigian

Old English

Alternative forms
  • sƿīgian, swigian, sweogian, sweowian, swugian, swuwian, sugian, suwian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swīgōną, later variant of *swīgijaną. Cognate with Old Saxon swīgon (Middle Dutch swīghen, Dutch zwijgen), Old High German swīgēn (German schweigen), apparently from an Proto-Indo-European root *su̯īk- or *su̯īg- (possibly also in Greek σιγή (sigḗ)), which would most likely represent an extension of the root *su̯ī "to dwindle; cease" (whence OHG swintan "dwindle, fade").

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈswiːɣiɑn/

Verb

swīgian

  1. to be silent

Conjugation
Conjugation of swīgian (weak class 2)
infinitive swīgian tō swīgienne
indicative present past
1st-person singular swīgie
swīgiġe		 swīgode
2nd-person singular swīgast swīgodest
3rd-person singular swīgaþ swīgode
plural swīgiaþ
swīgiġaþ		 swīgodon
subjunctive present past
singular swīgie
swīgiġe		 swīgode
plural swīgien
swīgiġen		 swīgoden
imperative
singular swīga
plural swīgiaþ
swīgiġaþ
participle present past
swīgiende
swīgiġende		 (ġe)swīgod
  • swīgan

Descendants
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