wawan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wāan, from Proto-Germanic *wēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti, from *h₂weh₁-. Cognate with Old Saxon wāian and Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽 (waian), and more distantly with Old Church Slavonic вѣꙗти (vějati), Ancient Greek ἄημι (áēmi) and Sanskrit वाति (vāti).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑː.wɑn/

Verb

wāwan

1. to blow, be moved by the wind

Conjugation

Conjugation of wāwan (strong class 7)

infinitive	wāwan	wāwenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	wāwe	wēow
second person singular	wǣwst	wēowe
third person singular	wǣwþ	wēow
plural	wāwaþ	wēowon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	wāwe	wēowe
plural	wāwen	wēowen
imperative
singular	wāw
plural	wāwaþ
participle	present	past
	wāwende	(ġe)wāwen

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wāwan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Adjective

wawan

1. only