Participles
| Present | cyssende |
| Past | (ġe)cyssed |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | cysse |
| 2nd sing. | cyssest; cyst |
| 3rd sing. | cysseþ; cyst |
| 1st plur. | cyssaþ |
| 2nd plur. | cyssaþ |
| 3rd plur. | cyssaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | cyste |
| 2nd sing. | cystest |
| 3rd sing. | cyste |
| 1st plur. | cyston |
| 2nd plur. | cyston |
| 3rd plur. | cyston |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | cysse |
| 2nd sing. | cysse |
| 3rd sing. | cysse |
| 1st plur. | cyssen |
| 2nd plur. | cyssen |
| 3rd plur. | cyssen |
Past
| 1st sing. | cyste |
| 2nd sing. | cyste |
| 3rd sing. | cyste |
| 1st plur. | cysten |
| 2nd plur. | cysten |
| 3rd plur. | cysten |
Imperative
| Singular | cyss |
| Plural | cyssaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'cyssan'
cyssan,
Verbs similar to 'cyssan'
cnyssan,
cystan,
acnyssan,
ceosan,
clysan,
cwysan,
cygan,
cypan,
cyrran,
cyþan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *kussijan, from Proto-Germanic *kussijaną (“to kiss”). Cognate with Old Frisian kessa, Old Saxon kussian, Old Dutch *kussen, Old High German kussen, Old Norse kyssa. Gothic 𐌺𐌿𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kukjan) ← Proto-Germanic *kukjaną may be somehow related, though it differs from the expected cognate *kussjan. See: Proto-Germanic '
*kussijaną', Old Saxon '
kussian'.
Verbs referencing "cyssan"
English
kiss, Middle English
kissen, Old Saxon
kussian.
Sample Sentences
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Ful oft mec ġesīþas sendað æfter hondum, þæt mec weras ond wīf wlonce cyssað. (Very oft companions send me from hand to hand so that proud men and women kiss me.) [10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 30:]
Cognates
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