*hīgōną

Runic: ᚺᛁᚷᛟᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈxiː.ɣɔː.nɑ̃/

verb · Weak class 2

Meanings

to breathe (heavily), pant, snort, wheeze
to move quickly, hasten

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey (H)gʰ- (‘to move quickly, jump; swift, fierce’), thereby cognate with e.g. Russian сига́ть (sigátʹ, ‘to spring, jump’) (Proto-Slavic *sigáti) and maybe Sanskrit शीघ्र (śīghrá-) (śīghrá-, ‘quick, fast’); if so, Old English may preserve the original sense. Further derived from *ḱey- (‘to move’); compare Latin cieō (‘set in motion, invoke, provoke’), Ancient Greek κινέω (kinéō) (kinéō, ‘move, set in motion’).

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	hīgō	hīgǭ	–
2nd singular	hīgōsi	hīgōs	hīgō
3rd singular	hīgōþi	hīgō	hīgōþau
1st dual	hīgōs	hīgōw	–
2nd dual	hīgōþiz	hīgōþiz	hīgōþiz
1st plural	hīgōmaz	hīgōm	–
2nd plural	hīgōþ	hīgōþ	hīgōþ
3rd plural	hīgōnþi	hīgōn	hīgōnþau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	hīgōi	–
2nd singular	hīgōsai	hīgōsau
3rd singular	hīgōþai	hīgōþau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	hīgōnþai	hīgōnþau
2nd plural	hīgōnþai	hīgōnþau
3rd plural	hīgōnþai	hīgōnþau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	hīgōdǭ	hīgōdēdį̄
2nd singular	hīgōdēz	hīgōdēdīz
3rd singular	hīgōdē	hīgōdēdī
1st dual	hīgōdēdū	hīgōdēdīw
2nd dual	hīgōdēdudiz	hīgōdēdīdiz
1st plural	hīgōdēdum	hīgōdēdīm
2nd plural	hīgōdēdud	hīgōdēdīd
3rd plural	hīgōdēdun	hīgōdēdīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
hīgōną	hīgōndz	hīgōdaz

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Descendants

*hīgōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hīgon (Old Dutch)
  - hīgen, hīghen (Middle Dutch)
    - hijgen, hikken (Dutch)
      - hyg (Afrikaans)
      - hikje (West Frisian)
*hīgōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- hīgian (Old English)
  - hyen (Middle English)
    - hie (English)
    - hie (Scots)
*hīgōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hīgōn (Old High German)
  - hecheln, hacheln (Middle High German)
    - hechen, heichen, hecheln (German)
*hīgōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hīgōn (Old Saxon)
  - hîgen, hîchen, hêgen, heigen (Middle Low German)
    - higen (Low German)
*híga (Old Norse)
- hiğa (Scanian)
- hicka, hikja (Swedish)
*híga (Old Norse)
- hige, hikke (Danish)
  - hige (Norwegian Bokmål)
*híga (Old Norse)
- ? (Norwegian)
  - hikke (Norwegian Bokmål)
  - hike, hika, hikke, hikka (Norwegian Nynorsk)
hexta (Old Norse)
- hiğa (Scanian)
- hicka, hikja (Swedish)
hexta (Old Norse)
- hige, hikke (Danish)
  - hige (Norwegian Bokmål)
hexta (Old Norse)
- ? (Norwegian)
  - hikke (Norwegian Bokmål)
  - hike, hika, hikke, hikka (Norwegian Nynorsk)

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