heascen

Middle English

Alternative forms

heasci
hyscan, hiscan

Etymology

From Old English hyscan (“mock, deride, taunt, reproach”), from hux, hucs, husc. Compare Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌶𐍉𐌽 (hatizōn, “to feel hate, to be angry”).

Verb

heascen

To hate or persecute
To be angry
To mock, deride, taunt

Conjugation

Conjugation of heascen (weak)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	heascen
1st person singular	heasce	heascede
2nd person singular	heascest	heascedest
3rd person singular	heasceth, heasceþ	heascede
plural	heascen	heasceden
subjunctive	present	past
singular	heasce	heascede
plural	heascen	heasceden
imperative	present
singular	heasce
plural	heasceth, heasceþ
participle	present	past
participle	heascende, heascinge	heasced, yheasced

References

“heascen (v.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2016-03-06.

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