fician

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fikōn, from Proto-Germanic *fikōną (“to deceive”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *peyǵ- (“ill-meaning, evil-minded, treacherous, hostile, bad”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfi.ki.ɑn/

Verb

fician

  1. to deceive; bewile, mislead, con

Conjugation

Conjugation of fician (weak, class 2)
infinitive fician ficienne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular ficiġe ficode
second person singular ficast ficodest
third person singular ficaþ ficode
plural ficiaþ ficodon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular ficiġe ficode
plural ficiġen ficoden
imperative
singular fica
plural ficiaþ
participle present past
ficiende (ġe)ficod

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: fiken
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