"fegan" meaning in Old English

See fegan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈfeː.jɑn/
Rhymes: -eː.jɑn Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *fōgijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōgijaną (“to join”), from *peh₂ḱ- (“to secure, fasten, put down”). Cognate with Old Frisian fōgia, Old Saxon fōgian (“to add”), Dutch voegen, Old High German fuogen (“to add”) (German fügen). Related to fang, fair. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*fōgijan}} Proto-West Germanic *fōgijan, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*fōgijaną|t=to join}} Proto-Germanic *fōgijaną (“to join”), {{cog|ofs|fōgia}} Old Frisian fōgia, {{cog|osx|fōgian|t=to add}} Old Saxon fōgian (“to add”), {{cog|nl|voegen}} Dutch voegen, {{cog|goh|fuogen|t=to add}} Old High German fuogen (“to add”), {{cog|de|fügen}} German fügen Head templates: {{ang-verb|fēġan}} fēġan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|fēġan<w1>}} Forms: fēġan [canonical], weak [table-tags], fēġan [infinitive], fēġenne [infinitive], fēġe [first-person, present, singular], fēġde [first-person, past, singular], fēġest [present, second-person, singular], fēġst [present, second-person, singular], fēġdest [past, second-person, singular], fēġeþ [present, singular, third-person], fēġþ [present, singular, third-person], fēġde [past, singular, third-person], fēġaþ [plural, present], fēġdon [past, plural], fēġe [present, singular], fēġde [past, singular], fēġen [plural, present], fēġden [past, plural], fēġ [imperative, past, present, singular], fēġaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], fēġende [imperative, present], fēġed [imperative, past], ġefēġed [imperative, past]
  1. to attach, join
    Sense id: en-fegan-ang-verb-h0nO0a0H
  2. to add
    Sense id: en-fegan-ang-verb-cujaXIaj
  3. to fix, adapt
    Sense id: en-fegan-ang-verb-MCgh4iqt
  4. to compose; to confine
    Sense id: en-fegan-ang-verb-PMSOKfUS Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 16 16 25 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: āfēġan, fēġung, ġefēġan Related terms: fōg, ġefēġe, ġefōg
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ġefēġan"
    }
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          "lang_code": "en",
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    {
      "form": "weak",
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      "form": "fēġde",
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          "fēġde",
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        ]
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          "fēġdest",
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          "fēġeþ",
          "fegeþ#Old_English"
        ]
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        "singular",
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          "fēġþ",
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        "third-person"
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        [
          "fēġaþ",
          "fegaþ#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "fēġdon",
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          "fēġdon",
          "fegdon#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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        [
          "fēġe",
          "fege#Old_English"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
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          "fēġde",
          "fegde#Old_English"
        ]
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        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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          "fēġen",
          "fegen#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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        "present"
      ]
    },
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        [
          "fēġden",
          "fegden#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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        "past",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fēġ",
      "links": [
        [
          "fēġ",
          "feg#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fēġaþ",
      "links": [
        [
          "fēġaþ",
          "fegaþ#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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        "past",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fēġende",
      "links": [
        [
          "fēġende",
          "fegende#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fēġed",
      "links": [
        [
          "fēġed",
          "feged#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġefēġed",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fōg"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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        "to attach, join"
      ],
      "id": "en-fegan-ang-verb-h0nO0a0H",
      "links": [
        [
          "attach",
          "attach"
        ],
        [
          "join",
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    },
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      "glosses": [
        "to add"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfeː.jɑn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eː.jɑn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fegan"
}
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    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      "word": "fēġung"
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fēġdest",
      "links": [
        [
          "fēġdest",
          "fegdest#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fēġeþ",
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        [
          "fēġeþ",
          "fegeþ#Old_English"
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "fēġþ",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        [
          "fēġaþ",
          "fegaþ#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
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    {
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      "links": [
        [
          "fēġdon",
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        "past",
        "plural"
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    {
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        [
          "fēġe",
          "fege#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fēġde",
      "links": [
        [
          "fēġde",
          "fegde#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fēġen",
      "links": [
        [
          "fēġen",
          "fegen#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fēġden",
      "links": [
        [
          "fēġden",
          "fegden#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fēġ",
      "links": [
        [
          "fēġ",
          "feg#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fēġaþ",
      "links": [
        [
          "fēġaþ",
          "fegaþ#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fēġende",
      "links": [
        [
          "fēġende",
          "fegende#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fēġed",
      "links": [
        [
          "fēġed",
          "feged#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġefēġed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fēġan"
      },
      "expansion": "fēġan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fēġan<w1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "fōg"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġefēġe"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġefōg"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to attach, join"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "attach",
          "attach"
        ],
        [
          "join",
          "join"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to add"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "add",
          "add"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to fix, adapt"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fix",
          "fix"
        ],
        [
          "adapt",
          "adapt"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to compose; to confine"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "compose",
          "compose"
        ],
        [
          "confine",
          "confine"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfeː.jɑn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eː.jɑn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fegan"
}

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