sigan

sigan

1. inflection of seguir:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

• IPA^(key): /sì.ɡã́/

sìgán

1. can
2. to be able to

si- (modal) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -gan (neuter perfective stem of root -GAN, “to dry up, wither”).

sigan

1. it is dry, withered, wilted

This verb is grammatically limited to expression in the third person.

This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective mode.

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (si), third person only.

From Proto-West Germanic *sīgan, from Proto-Germanic *sīganą.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.ɡɑn/, [ˈsiː.ɣɑn]

sīgan

1. to sink, fall
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     ...ðā ðā hǣðenan āhēowon þæt trēow mid ormǣtre blisse, þæt hit brastliende sāh tō ðām hālgan were, hetelīċe swīðe. Þā worhte hē onġēan ðām hrēosendum trēowe þǣs Hǣlendes rōde tācn, and hit ðǣrrihte ætstōd, wende ðā onġēan, and hrēas underbæc, and fornēan offēoll ðā ðe hit ǣr forcurfon.

     Then the heathens cut down the tree with great joy, so that, rustling, it fell towards the holy man very violently. Then he made the sign of the Savior's cross to the falling tree, and it immediately stood still, turned around, and fell backwards, and almost fell upon those who had previously cut it.

   Synonym: feallan

2. to march, go, proceed

• āsīgan

• seohhe
• seohtre
• *sīon, sēon
• sicerian

• English: sie

From Proto-West Germanic *sīgan.

sīgan

1. to sink, fall
2. to travel, go

sigan

1. inflection of seguir:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative