Contionary:mugen

Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk mugen, from Old Skundavisk mugan, from Halmisk mugan, magan, from Proto-Germanic *maganą. The original form magan probably shifted to mugan by analogy with the other modals kunnan and skullan.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mʊɟən/

Verb

mugen (modal verb, third-person singular simple present mag, past tense moghte, past participle gemoght, past subjunctive myghte, auxiliary haven)

1. (auxilary, with an infinitive) may (possibility)

   Si mugen læter komen.

   They may come later.

2. (auxilary, with an infinitive) may, to be allowed to

   Mag ik sitten ?

   May I sit ?

Inflection

infinitive		mugen
present participle		mugend
past participle		gemoght
auxiliary		haven
	indicative		subjunctive
present	ik mag	wi mugen	ik muge	wi mugen
	thou magt	ji mugt	thou mugst	ji mugt
	hi, si, hit mag	si, Si mugen	hi, si, hit muge	si, Si mugen
preterit	ik moghte	wi moghten	ik myghte	wi myghten
	thou moghtest	ji moghtet	thou myghtest	ji myghtet
	hi, si, hit moghte	si, Si moghten	hi, si, hit myghte	si, Si myghten
imperative	mug	mugt (ji)