*þigjaną

Runic: ᚦᛁᚷᛃᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈθiɣ.jɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Weak class 1

Meanings

to accept, receive
to implore, beg

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tek-yé-ti, from the root Proto-Indo-European *tek- (‘to take by the hand, receive, obtain’). Cognate with Old Irish techtaim (‘I possess’), Lithuanian tèkti (‘to be granted’), Ancient Greek κτάομαι (ktáomai) (ktáomai, ‘to acquire’).

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	þigjō	þigjaų	–
2nd singular	þigisi	þigjais	þigi
3rd singular	þigiþi	þigjai	þigjaþau
1st dual	þigjōs	þigjaiw	–
2nd dual	þigjaþiz	þigjaiþiz	þigjaþiz
1st plural	þigjamaz	þigjaim	–
2nd plural	þigiþ	þigjaiþ	þigiþ
3rd plural	þigjanþi	þigjain	þigjanþau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	þigjai	–
2nd singular	þigjasai	þigjaisau
3rd singular	þigjaþai	þigjaiþau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	þigjanþai	þigjainþau
2nd plural	þigjanþai	þigjainþau
3rd plural	þigjanþai	þigjainþau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	þag	þēgį̄
2nd singular	þaht	þēgīz
3rd singular	þag	þēgī
1st dual	þēgū	þēgīw
2nd dual	þēgudiz	þēgīdiz
1st plural	þēgum	þēgīm
2nd plural	þēgud	þēgīd
3rd plural	þēgun	þēgīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
þigjaną	þigjandz	þeganaz

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Descendants

*þiggjan (Proto-West Germanic)
- thiggen (Old Dutch)
- thiggian (Old Saxon)
*þiggjan (Proto-West Germanic)
- þiċġan (Old English)
  - thiggen (Middle English)
    - thig (English)
    - thig (Scots)
*þiggjan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *thicken, *thiggen, diggen (Old High German)
  - digen, diegen (Middle High German)
    - digen (German)
þiggja (Old Norse)
- tigge (Danish)
- tiggja (Faroese)
- þiggja (Icelandic)
- tigge (Norwegian Bokmål)
- tigga, tiggja, teggja, tige (Norwegian Nynorsk)
þiggja (Old Norse)
- þiggia (Old Swedish)
  - tigga (Swedish)

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