"dican" meaning in Old English

See dican in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈdiː.t͡ʃɑn/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *dīkijan, from *dīk. Cognate with Old Frisian dīka, dītza. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*dīkijan}} Proto-West Germanic *dīkijan, {{cog|ofs|dīka}} Old Frisian dīka Head templates: {{ang-verb|head=*dīċan}} *dīċan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|*dīċan<w1>}} Forms: dīċan [canonical], weak [table-tags], dīċan [infinitive], dīċenne [infinitive], dīċe [first-person, present, singular], dīcte [first-person, past, singular], dīċest [present, second-person, singular], dīcst [present, second-person, singular], dīctest [past, second-person, singular], dīċeþ [present, singular, third-person], dīcþ [present, singular, third-person], dīcte [past, singular, third-person], dīċaþ [plural, present], dīcton [past, plural], dīċe [present, singular], dīcte [past, singular], dīċen [plural, present], dīcten [past, plural], dīċ [imperative, past, present, singular], dīċaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], dīċende [imperative, present], *dīċed [imperative, past], ġe*dīċed [imperative, past]
  1. to build a dike Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-dican-ang-verb-d~i99M3r Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. to dig (a ditch) Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-dican-ang-verb-QjrDikd6 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ġedīċan Related terms: dīċe, dīcian
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ġedīċan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "dichen",
            "3": "dychen",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? Middle English: dichen, dychen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Middle English: dichen, dychen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ditch"
          },
          "expansion": "English: ditch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: ditch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "dich",
            "3": "dych"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: dich, dych",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: dich, dych"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*dīkijan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *dīkijan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "dīka"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian dīka",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *dīkijan, from *dīk. Cognate with Old Frisian dīka, dītza.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dīċan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīċan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīċenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīċe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīcte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīċest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīcst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīctest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīċeþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīcþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīcte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīċaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīcton",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīċe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīcte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīċen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīcten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīċ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīċaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīċende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "*dīċed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġe*dīċed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "*dīċan"
      },
      "expansion": "*dīċan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*dīċan<w1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Old English/dican",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dīċe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dīcian"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to build a dike"
      ],
      "id": "en-dican-ang-verb-d~i99M3r",
      "links": [
        [
          "build",
          "build"
        ],
        [
          "dike",
          "dike"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to dig (a ditch)"
      ],
      "id": "en-dican-ang-verb-QjrDikd6",
      "links": [
        [
          "dig",
          "dig"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdiː.t͡ʃɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dican"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English class 1 weak verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English reconstructed verbs",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ġedīċan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "dichen",
            "3": "dychen",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? Middle English: dichen, dychen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Middle English: dichen, dychen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ditch"
          },
          "expansion": "English: ditch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: ditch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "dich",
            "3": "dych"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: dich, dych",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: dich, dych"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*dīkijan"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "dīka"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian dīka",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *dīkijan, from *dīk. Cognate with Old Frisian dīka, dītza.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dīċan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīċan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīċenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīċe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīcte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīċest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīcst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīctest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīċeþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīcþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīcte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīċaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīcton",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīċe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīcte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīċen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīcten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīċ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīċaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīċende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "*dīċed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġe*dīċed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "*dīċan"
      },
      "expansion": "*dīċan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*dīċan<w1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Old English/dican",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "dīċe"
    },
    {
      "word": "dīcian"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to build a dike"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "build",
          "build"
        ],
        [
          "dike",
          "dike"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to dig (a ditch)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dig",
          "dig"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdiː.t͡ʃɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dican"
}

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