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Middle Dutch
Verb
sighen
- Alternative spelling of sigen
Middle English
- sighe, sighʒe, sighgen, sighien, sigen, siʒhen, siʒen, siʒʒe, sihen, sihghen, sien, seighen, seien
Etymology
Back-formation from sighte, siȝhte, past tense forms of siken, from Old English sīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *sīkan, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- (“to pour out”).
Verb
sighen (third-person singular simple present sigheth, present participle sighende, sighynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle sighed)
- (intransitive) to sigh; to moan
- to sigh for; to sigh in regret for
Conjugation
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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