hnægan

== Old English == === Alternative forms === ġehnǣġan === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxnæː.jɑn/, [ˈn̥æː.jɑn] === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hnaijan, from Proto-Germanic *hnajjaną (“to neigh”). Cognate with Old Saxon tōhnēgian (“to neigh at”), Old Norse hneggja, gneggja (“to neigh”). ==== Verb ==== hnǣġan to neigh ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== hnǣgung ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: neyen, neye, nye, nyen, nyȝen, naye, ney, nehyn, nyȝe, nyghe (Late Middle English), nee (Catholicon Anglicum), neyyn (Promptorium Parvulorum)English: neighMiddle Scots: ney, nee, nie, nye ===== References ===== Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “hnǣgan2”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to Le ⁠, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC. Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hnǽgan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hnaigijan, from Proto-Germanic *hnaigijaną (“to humble”), the causative of *hnīganą (Old English hnīgan). ==== Verb ==== hnǣġan (rare, poetic) to humble; to bring low or cause to bow (of an enemy) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== References ===== Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “hnǣgan1”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to Le ⁠, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC. Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hnǽgan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.