smugan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *smeugan, with the diphthong analogically replaced by ū in the present stem.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsmuː.ɡɑn/, [ˈsmuː.ɣɑn]

Verb

smūgan

  1. to creep, crawl, move gradually

Conjugation

Conjugation of smūgan (strong, class II)
infinitive smūgan smūgenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular smūge smēag, smēah
second person singular smȳġst smuge
third person singular smȳġþ smēag, smēah
plural smūgaþ smugon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular smūge smuge
plural smūgen smugen
imperative
singular smūg, smūh
plural smūgaþ
participle present past
smūgende (ġe)smogen

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: smuȝen
    • Scots: smue, smow, smoo

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 40:
    Since Gothic and OHG do not usually share innovations, it appears that most or all of the verbs with *ū must be innovative (either entirely new lexemes or remodellings of older verbs with *eu). It has repeatedly been suggested that the new ablaut pattern was modelled on that of class I verbs with *ī in the root

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