awen

See also: Awen and awèn

Middle English

Alternative forms

• aghen, agen, aȝen

Etymology

From awe +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Early ME) IPA^(key): /ˈaɣən/
• IPA^(key): /ˈau̯ən/

Verb

awen

1. (rare) To scare, horrify.
2. (rare) To revere.

Conjugation

Conjugation of awen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) awen, awe
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	awe	awed
2nd-person singular	awest	awedest
3rd-person singular	aweth	awed
subjunctive singular	awe
imperative singular		—
plural1	awen, awe	aweden, awede
imperative plural	aweth, awe	—
participles	awynge, awende	awed, yawed

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: awe

References

• “auen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-10.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French aven.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.vɛn/
• Rhymes: -avɛn
• Syllabification: a‧wen

Noun

awen m inan

1. (geology) aven (a vertical shaft leading upward from a cave passage)

Declension

Declension of awen

	singular	plural
nominative	awen	aweny
genitive	awenu	awenów
dative	awenowi	awenom
accusative	awen	aweny
instrumental	awenem	awenami
locative	awenie	awenach
vocative	awenie	aweny

Derived terms

adjective

• awenowy

 

Further reading

• awen in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈau̯ɛn/

Etymology 1

Perhaps related to awel (“breeze”).

Noun

awen f (plural awenau)

1. muse, poetic inspiration
2. poetic talent

Derived terms

• gorawen (“rapture”)

Etymology 2

From Middle Welsh awen, a variant of auwyn (“rein”) (modern afwyn), from Proto-Brythonic *aβuɨn, borrowed from Latin habēna (“rein”).

Noun

awen f (plural awenau)

1. rein

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
awen	unchanged	unchanged	hawen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.