witgian in Old English

IPA: /ˈwiːt.ɡi.ɑn/, [ˈwiːt.ɣi.ɑn] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *wītagōn. Equivalent to wītga + -ian. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*wītagōn}} Proto-West Germanic *wītagōn, {{af|ang|wītga|-ian}} wītga + -ian Head templates: {{ang-verb|head=wītgian}} wītgian Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|wītgian<w2>}} Forms: wītgian [canonical], weak [table-tags], wītgian [infinitive], wītgienne [infinitive], wītgiġe [first-person, present, singular], wītgode [first-person, past, singular], wītgast [present, second-person, singular], wītgodest [past, second-person, singular], wītgaþ [present, singular, third-person], wītgode [past, singular, third-person], wītgiaþ [plural, present], wītgodon [past, plural], wītgiġe [present, singular], wītgode [past, singular], wītgiġen [plural, present], wītgoden [past, plural], wītga [imperative, past, present, singular], wītgiaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], wītgiende [imperative, present], wītgod [imperative, past], ġewītgod [imperative, past], wītegian [alternative]

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "wītien"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    }
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      },
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    }
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītgienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītgode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītgast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītgodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītgaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītgode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītgiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītgodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītgode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "wītgiġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītgoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "wītgiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītgiende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītgod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġewītgod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītegian",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "wītgian"
      },
      "expansion": "wītgian",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "wītgian<w2>"
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      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
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  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
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          "word": "wītgung"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Then on the eighth year since she became abbodess, she was sickened as she had previously predicted, as a large tumor grew on her neck under the chinbone....",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints\nÞā on þām eahteoþan ġēare siþþan hēo abbudisse wæs, hēo wæs ġeuntrumod swā swā hēo ǣr witeġode, swā þæt ān ġeswel wēox on hire swūran myċel under ċynnbane...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to prophesy"
      ],
      "id": "en-witgian-ang-verb-Pa81TZyc",
      "links": [
        [
          "prophesy",
          "prophesy"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwiːt.ɡi.ɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwiːt.ɣi.ɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "witgian"
}

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  "derived": [
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      "word": "wītgung"
    }
  ],
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          "name": "desc"
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *wītagōn. Equivalent to wītga + -ian.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "wītgian",
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      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
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      "tags": [
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        "class"
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    {
      "form": "wītgian",
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      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītgienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītgiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītgode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītgast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītgodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "wītgaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "wītgode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "wītgiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītgodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītgiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītgode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītgiġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītgoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītga",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītgiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītgiende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītgod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġewītgod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wītegian",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "head": "wītgian"
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      "expansion": "wītgian",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wītgian<w2>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "Old English class 2 weak verbs",
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms suffixed with -ian",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Old English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Then on the eighth year since she became abbodess, she was sickened as she had previously predicted, as a large tumor grew on her neck under the chinbone....",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints\nÞā on þām eahteoþan ġēare siþþan hēo abbudisse wæs, hēo wæs ġeuntrumod swā swā hēo ǣr witeġode, swā þæt ān ġeswel wēox on hire swūran myċel under ċynnbane...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to prophesy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prophesy",
          "prophesy"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwiːt.ɡi.ɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwiːt.ɣi.ɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "witgian"
}

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"witgian" meaning in Old English

Verb