fegan

See also: Fegan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fōgijaną (“to join”), from Proto-Indo-European *paḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Cognate with Old Frisian fōgia, Old Saxon fōgian (“to add”), Dutch voegen, Old High German fuogen (“to add”) (German fügen). Related to fang, fair.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfeːjɑn/

Verb

fēġan

  1. to join, unite
  2. to add
  3. to fix, adapt
  4. to compose; to confine

Conjugation
Conjugation of fēġan (weak class 1)
infinitive fēġan tō fēġenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular fēġe fēġde
2nd-person singular fēġest fēġdest
3rd-person singular fēġeþ fēġde
plural fēġaþ fēġdon
subjunctive present past
singular fēġe fēġde
plural fēġen fēġden
imperative
singular fēġ
plural fēġaþ
participle present past
fēġende (ġe)fēġed

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Middle English: feyen

Welsh

Alternative forms

Noun

fegan m or f (plural feganiaid)

  1. vegan

Derived terms
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