Participles
| Present | maciende |
| Past | (ġe)macod |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | maciġe |
| 2nd sing. | macast |
| 3rd sing. | macaþ |
| 1st plur. | maciaþ |
| 2nd plur. | maciaþ |
| 3rd plur. | maciaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | macode |
| 2nd sing. | macodest |
| 3rd sing. | macode |
| 1st plur. | macodon |
| 2nd plur. | macodon |
| 3rd plur. | macodon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | maciġe |
| 2nd sing. | maciġe |
| 3rd sing. | maciġe |
| 1st plur. | maciġen |
| 2nd plur. | maciġen |
| 3rd plur. | maciġen |
Past
| 1st sing. | macode |
| 2nd sing. | macode |
| 3rd sing. | macode |
| 1st plur. | macoden |
| 2nd plur. | macoden |
| 3rd plur. | macoden |
Imperative
| Singular | maca |
| Plural | maciaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'macian'
cnossian,
hwisprian,
hwistlian,
sagian,
sacian,
sadian,
solian,
siwian,
sipian,
yrsian,
myrþrian,
fuglian,
fundian,
fulwian,
fullian,
leornian,
borcian,
borgian,
beorhtian,
wohhian, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'macian'
facian,
magian,
manian,
nacian,
racian,
sacian,
smacian,
wacian,
acan,
acsian,
Etymology
Usually held to be inherited from Proto-West Germanic *makōn, although borrowing from Old Saxon makōn has been suggested. Compare also Old Dutch macon, Old Frisian makia, and Old High German mahhōn. See: Old Dutch 'macon', Old Frisian 'makia'.
Verbs referencing "macian"
English
make, Middle English
maken, Scots
mak, French
maquiller, Old Saxon
makon.
Sample Sentences
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late 10th century, Ælfric, "Memory of the Saints"
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Heo macað reaflac and unrihte domas stala and leasunga and forsworennyssa. Heo is helle ġelic forðan þe hi habbað butu unafylledlice grædignysse þæt hi fulle ne beoð næfre. (...it causeth rapine, and unrighteous judgements, thefts, and leasings, and perjuries. It is like unto hell, because they both have insatiable greediness, so that they can never be full.)
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late 10th century, Ælfric, "Memory of the Saints"
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Se feorða leahtor is ira þæt is on englisc weamodnyss. Seo deð þæt se man nah his modes ġeweald and macað manslihtas and mycele yfelu. (The fourth sin is Ira, that is in English, Anger; it causeth that a man have no power over his mind, and bringeth about manslaughters and many evils.)
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late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"
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...and þam bisceope marine and þām yldestan mannum be endebyrdnysse rehton hu hi hit macedon on decius caseres tīman... (..and related in order to the bishop Marinus and to the chiefest men how they had acted in the time of Decius the emperor...')
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late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"
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...ac ic þurh nan þincg ongytan ne mæg hu me sy þus gelumpen þæt ic hit þus macige. (...but I cannot at all understand how it has thus happened to me that I act thus.')
Cognates
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