Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
hogian
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Remove ads
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hugōn, from Proto-Germanic *hugōną. Cognate with Middle Low German hogen, hȫgen (“to think, remember, imagine”), Middle Dutch hogen (“to think about, remember, rejoice, desire, remind”), Old High German hogēn (“to consider, heed, be careful”), Middle High German hogen, hugen, hügen (“to think, ponder, desire, rejoice, be pleased, long for, want, remember”), Old Norse huga (“to think about, consider”).
Pronunciation
Verb
hogian
- to think, think about, consider
- to know, understand, be wise, be prudent
- to care, take heed, be solicitous or anxious, mind, be cautious
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Basilius, Bishop"
- ...Ne hoga þu embe þæt...
- ...Be not anxious about that...
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Basilius, Bishop"
- to purpose, strive, intend, be intent on, resolve, busy oneself
- to decide
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
- Forðī ic hohggode þæt ic scolde nān habban, forðī ic wolde bēon þī frēora Gode tō þāwianne.
- Therefore I decided that I would take none, because I wished to be the freer to serve God.
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
Conjugation
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Remove ads
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads