þaccian

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þakwōną (“to touch, touch softly”), from Proto-Indo-European *tag-, *taǵ- (“to touch”). Cognate with Old Dutch þakolōn (“to stroke”), Icelandic þjökka, þjaka (“to thwack, thump, beat”), Norwegian tjåka (“to strike, beat”), Latin tangō (“touch”, verb). More at thwack, tangent.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈθɑk.kiɑn/

Verb

þaccian

  1. to touch softly, stroke
  2. to pat
  3. to strike gently, tap; to clap
  4. to beat
  5. to put one thing into another, add to

Conjugation
Conjugation of þaccian (weak class 2)
infinitive þaccian tō þaccienne
indicative present past
1st-person singular þaccie
þacciġe		 þaccode
2nd-person singular þaccast þaccodest
3rd-person singular þaccaþ þaccode
plural þacciaþ
þacciġaþ		 þaccodon
subjunctive present past
singular þaccie
þacciġe		 þaccode
plural þaccien
þacciġen		 þaccoden
imperative
singular þacca
plural þacciaþ
þacciġaþ
participle present past
þacciende
þacciġende		 (ġe)þaccod

Descendants
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