"wecgan" meaning in All languages combined

See wecgan on Wiktionary

Verb [Old English]

IPA: /ˈwej.jɑn/, [ˈwed.d͡ʒɑn]
Rhymes: -ej.jɑn Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Germanic *wagjaną. Cognate with the noun weċġ, Lithuanian vagis (“wedge”). Etymology templates: {{root|ang|ine-pro|*weǵʰ-}}, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*wagjaną|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Germanic *wagjaną, {{inh+|ang|gem-pro|*wagjaną}} Inherited from Proto-Germanic *wagjaną Head templates: {{ang-verb|weċġan}} weċġan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|weċġan<w1>}} Forms: weċġan [canonical], weak [table-tags], weċġan [infinitive], weċġenne [infinitive], weċġe [first-person, present, singular], weġde [first-person, past, singular], weġst [present, second-person, singular], weġdest [past, second-person, singular], weġþ [present, singular, third-person], weġde [past, singular, third-person], weċġaþ [plural, present], weġdon [past, plural], weċġe [present, singular], weġde [past, singular], weċġen [plural, present], weġden [past, plural], weġe [imperative, past, present, singular], weċġaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], weċġende [imperative, present], weġed [imperative, past], ġeweġed [imperative, past], weġd [imperative, past], ġeweġd [imperative, past]
  1. to move, agitate, drive hither and thither Derived forms: aweċġan
    Sense id: en-wecgan-ang-verb-TOVPP5ds Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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      "lang_code": "enm",
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      "weċġ",
      "wecg#Old_English"
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ang-conj",
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          "weċġan",
          "wecgan#Old_English"
        ]
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weċġenne",
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        [
          "weċġenne",
          "wecgenne#Old_English"
        ]
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        "infinitive"
      ]
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        [
          "weċġe",
          "wecge#Old_English"
        ]
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          "weġde",
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        "past",
        "singular"
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          "weġst",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "weġdest",
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        [
          "weġdest",
          "wegdest#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weġþ",
      "links": [
        [
          "weġþ",
          "wegþ#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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          "weġde",
          "wegde#Old_English"
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        "singular",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weċġaþ",
      "links": [
        [
          "weċġaþ",
          "wecgaþ#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weġdon",
      "links": [
        [
          "weġdon",
          "wegdon#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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        [
          "weċġe",
          "wecge#Old_English"
        ]
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "weċġen",
      "links": [
        [
          "weċġen",
          "wecgen#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weġden",
      "links": [
        [
          "weġden",
          "wegden#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weġe",
      "links": [
        [
          "weġe",
          "wege#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        [
          "weċġaþ",
          "wecgaþ#Old_English"
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        [
          "weċġende",
          "wecgende#Old_English"
        ]
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        "present"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "weġed",
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        [
          "weġed",
          "weged#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeweġed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
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        [
          "weġd",
          "wegd#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
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      "args": {
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "aweċġan"
        }
      ],
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        "to move, agitate, drive hither and thither"
      ],
      "id": "en-wecgan-ang-verb-TOVPP5ds",
      "links": [
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "agitate",
          "agitate"
        ],
        [
          "drive",
          "drive"
        ],
        [
          "hither and thither",
          "hither and thither"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwej.jɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwed.d͡ʒɑn]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ej.jɑn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wecgan"
}
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          "lang_code": "en",
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      "lang_code": "enm",
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wagjaną"
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      "weċġ",
      "wecg#Old_English"
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      "vagis",
      "vagis#Lithuanian"
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Germanic *wagjaną. Cognate with the noun weċġ, Lithuanian vagis (“wedge”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weċġan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weċġan",
      "links": [
        [
          "weċġan",
          "wecgan#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weċġenne",
      "links": [
        [
          "weċġenne",
          "wecgenne#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weċġe",
      "links": [
        [
          "weċġe",
          "wecge#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weġde",
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        [
          "weġde",
          "wegde#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weġst",
      "links": [
        [
          "weġst",
          "wegst#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weġdest",
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        [
          "weġdest",
          "wegdest#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weġþ",
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        [
          "weġþ",
          "wegþ#Old_English"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
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          "weġde",
          "wegde#Old_English"
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weċġaþ",
      "links": [
        [
          "weċġaþ",
          "wecgaþ#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weġdon",
      "links": [
        [
          "weġdon",
          "wegdon#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weċġe",
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        [
          "weċġe",
          "wecge#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weġde",
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        [
          "weġde",
          "wegde#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weċġen",
      "links": [
        [
          "weċġen",
          "wecgen#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
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        [
          "weġden",
          "wegden#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weġe",
      "links": [
        [
          "weġe",
          "wege#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weċġaþ",
      "links": [
        [
          "weċġaþ",
          "wecgaþ#Old_English"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weċġende",
      "links": [
        [
          "weċġende",
          "wecgende#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weġed",
      "links": [
        [
          "weġed",
          "weged#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeweġed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weġd",
      "links": [
        [
          "weġd",
          "wegd#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeweġd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "weċġan<w1>"
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      "name": "ang-conj"
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  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "Old English class 1 weak light-stem verbs",
        "Old English class 1 weak verbs",
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weǵʰ-",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Old English/ej.jɑn",
        "Rhymes:Old English/ej.jɑn/2 syllables"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to move, agitate, drive hither and thither"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "agitate",
          "agitate"
        ],
        [
          "drive",
          "drive"
        ],
        [
          "hither and thither",
          "hither and thither"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwej.jɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwed.d͡ʒɑn]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ej.jɑn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wecgan"
}

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