awendan
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Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
āwendan
- (transitive, intransitive) to turn
- c. 1005, Ælfric's Letter to Sigeweard
- Hū mæġ sē mann wel faran þe his mōd āwent fram eallum þissum bōcum, and biþ him swā ānwille þæt him lēofre biþ þæt hē libbe ǣfre be his āgnum dihte āsċīred fram þissum, swelċe hē ne cunne Cristes ġesetnessa?
- How can someone do well if they turn their mind from all these books [stuff that Ælfric wrote], if they're so stubborn that they would rather live their life always making their own separate judgments, as if they don't know the laws of Christ?
- c. 1005, Ælfric's Letter to Sigeweard
- to return
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Passion of St. Bartholomew the Apostle"
- Witodlice Dauid swor þurh God þæt he wolde þone stuntan wer Nabal ofslean, and ealle his ðing adylegian; ac æt ðære forman þingunge þæs snoteran wifes Abigail, hé āwende his swurd into ðære sceaðe, and hérode ðæs wifes snoternysse, ðe him forwyrnde þone pleolican mannsliht.
- David, for example, swore by God that he would slay the foolish man Nabal, and destroy all his things; but at the first intercession of the prudent woman Abigail, he returned his sword into the sheath, and praised the woman's prudence, who forbade him that perilous murder.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Passion of St. Bartholomew the Apostle"
- (transitive, intransitive) to change
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Paul the Apostle"
- He āwende his naman mid ðēawum; and wæs ða soðfæst bydel Godes gelaðunge, seðe ær mid reðre ehtnysse hi geswencte.
- He changed his name with his character; and he was then a true proclaimer of God's church, who had before afflicted it with fierce persecution.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Paul the Apostle"
- to translate
- (intransitive) to go or depart
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of āwendan (weak class 1)
| infinitive | āwendan | āwendenne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
| first person singular | āwende | āwende |
| second person singular | āwendest, āwenst, āwentst | āwendest |
| third person singular | āwendeþ, āwent | āwende |
| plural | āwendaþ | āwendon |
| subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
| singular | āwende | āwende |
| plural | āwenden | āwenden |
| imperative | ||
| singular | āwend | |
| plural | āwendaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| āwendende | āwended | |