tacnian

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to tācen +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːk.ni.ɑn/

Verb

tācnian

to mark, make a mark upon something
to be a token of something
to indicate, point out
to signify, to symbolize
to indicate the future, to portend

Conjugation

Conjugation of tācnian (weak class 2)

indicative mood	present tense	past tense
infinitive	tācnian	tācnienne
first person singular	tācniġe	tācnode
second person singular	tācnast	tācnodest
third person singular	tācnaþ	tācnode
plural	tācniaþ	tācnodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	tācniġe	tācnode
plural	tācniġen	tācnoden
imperative
singular	tācna
plural	tācniaþ
participle	present	past
	tācniende	(ġe)tācnod

Derived terms

tācnung

Descendants

Middle English: toknen
- English: token
- Scots: taiken
→ Old Norse: tákna
- Icelandic: tákna

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “tácnian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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