waveren
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old Norse vafra.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
waveren (third-person singular simple present wavereth, present participle waverende, waverynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle wavered)
- To shake, swing or totter; to move to and fro.
- To move around, especially erratically.
- (figurative) To be mutable or uncertain; to waver or change.
- (figurative) To deviate or become morally suspect.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of waveren (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “wāveren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-11.