gegan

== Old English == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-West Germanic *gauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *gawjaną (“to bark, bay, scream”). ==== Alternative forms ==== ġēn, ġǣn ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈjeː.jɑn/ Rhymes: -eː.jɑn ==== Verb ==== ġēġan to sigh, groan to lament ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== ġēaþ gōian ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: yeyen, ȝeȝen, yeye, geihen, ȝeien, ȝeiȝen (Early Middle English), ȝee (Northern) === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /jeˈɡɑːn/ ==== Participle ==== ġegān past participle of gān === Etymology 3 === From ġe- +‎ gān. ==== Verb ==== ġegān to go, pass over to happen, come to pass to conquer late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans ===== Conjugation ===== === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ge-gán”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.