pæcan

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Old English

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *paikijan (“to seduce, deceive”) (compare Middle Low German pêke (“mistress, whore”, pejorative swear word) and pichte, picht (“argument, dispute, manslaughter”), connected to Old Prussian paik- 'deceive' and Lithuanian pìktas 'evil', which correspond to Old English fāh (foe) and Middle High-German vêch, with Grimm's Law applied. The forms showing unshifted consonants are therefore probably loan words from another IE language, maybe an unattested one (see Nordwestblock).

Pronunciation

Verb

pǣċan

  1. to deceive

Conjugation

Conjugation of pǣċan (weak, class 1)
infinitive pǣċan pǣċenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular pǣċe pǣhte
second person singular pǣċest, pǣcst pǣhtest
third person singular pǣċeþ, pǣcþ pǣhte
plural pǣċaþ pǣhton
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular pǣċe pǣhte
plural pǣċen pǣhten
imperative
singular pǣċ
plural pǣċaþ
participle present past
pǣċende (ġe)pǣht

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Hans Kuhn: Anlautendes p- im Germanischen. (1961) In: Kleine Schriften. Vol. 1. de Gruyter, Berlin 1969
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