active voice | |||||||
present indicative | present subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek hangi | 1pl | vér hǫngum | 1sg | ek hanga | 1pl | vér hangim |
2sg | þú hangir | 2pl | þér hangið | 2sg | þú hangir | 2pl | þér hangið |
3sg | hon hangir | 3pl | þau hanga | 3sg | hon hangi | 3pl | þau hangi |
preterite indicative | preterite subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek hekk | 1pl | vér hengum | 1sg | ek henga | 1pl | vér hengim |
2sg | þú hekkt | 2pl | þér henguð | 2sg | þú hengir | 2pl | þér hengið |
3sg | hon hekk | 3pl | þau hengu | 3sg | hon hengi | 3pl | þau hengi |
preterite infinitive | hengu | ||||||
past participle | f. | hangin | m. | hanginn | n. | hangit | |
imperative | 2sg | hang | 1pl | hǫngum | 2pl | hangið |
PG *hanhaną, OE hōn VIIc and weak hangian 2, both of which combined with the ON causative hengja 1 “hang, suspend” to become ME hngen, MnE hang; Dutch hangen, German hängen (following confusion with the causative); further weak Dutch hunkeren “crave,” MnE hanker; Latin cūnctārī “linger; hesitate.” The present indicative is class 3 weak, and sometimes so is the preterite indicative. Preterite variant hékk. Note the absence of palatal mutation in the participle (contrast fá VIIc, ganga VIIc.
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