giezen

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German *gioȥan, from Proto-West Germanic *geutan, from Proto-Germanic *geutaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈɡiə̯sən/

Verb

gieȥen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present giuȥet, past tense gōȥ, past participle gegoȥȥen, past subjunctive güȥȥe, auxiliary hān)

  1. (intransitive) to pour
    • c. 1200, Dër Nibelunge Liet, Âv. 25:
      Ër hôrte waȥȥer gieȥen...
      He heard water pour...
  2. (transitive) [with accusative] to pour, to spill
    Ër gôȥ dës trachen bluot unde badete sich in im.He spilt the dragon’s blood and bathed himself in it.
  3. (transitive) [with accusative] to cast (of a metal in a mould))

Conjugation

Descendants

  • German: gießen

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “giezen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel