Contionary:laghen

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Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk laghen, from Old Skundavisk lahhan, hlahhan, from Halmisk ᚻᛚᚨᚻᚻᚨᚾ (hlahhan), ᚻᛚᚨᚻᛃᚨᚾ (hlahjan), from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną. The /i/ of hlahian fell early in Halmisk by analogy with other class 6 strong verbs, hence the absence of i-umlaut.

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Verb

laghen (class 6 strong, third-person singular simple present læght, past tense loogh, past participle gelaghen, past subjunctive løghe, auxiliary haven)

  1. to laugh
    Wi looghen seer loud.
    We laughed very loud.

Inflection

infinitive laghen
present participle laghend
past participle gelaghen
auxiliary haven
indicative subjunctive
present ik laghe wi laghen ik laghe wi laghen
thou læghst ji laght thou læghst ji laght
hi, si, hit læght si, Si laghen hi, si, hit laghe si, Si laghen
preterit ik loogh wi looghen ik løghe wi løghen
thou looghst ji looght thou løghest ji løghet
hi, si, hit loogh si, Si looghen hi, si, hit løghe si, Si løghen
imperative lagh laght (ji)

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