witgian

Old English

Alternative forms

• wītegian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wītagōn. Equivalent to wītga +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiːt.ɡi.ɑn/, [ˈwiːt.ɣi.ɑn]

Verb

wītgian

1. to prophesy
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

     Þā 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...

     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....

Conjugation

Conjugation of wītgian (weak, class 2)

infinitive	wītgian	wītgienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	wītgiġe	wītgode
second person singular	wītgast	wītgodest
third person singular	wītgaþ	wītgode
plural	wītgiaþ	wītgodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	wītgiġe	wītgode
plural	wītgiġen	wītgoden
imperative
singular	wītga
plural	wītgiaþ
participle	present	past
	wītgiende	(ġe)wītgod

Derived terms

• wītgung

Descendants

• Middle English: wītien