eanian
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Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *aunōn, from Proto-Germanic *aunōną. Cognate with Dutch onen (“to yean”) and Swedish öna (“to give birth to, yean”).
Verb
[edit]ēanian
- to give birth (to lambs)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of ēanian (weak class 2)
infinitive | ēanian | ēanienne |
---|---|---|
indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | ēaniġe | ēanode |
second person singular | ēanast | ēanodest |
third person singular | ēanaþ | ēanode |
plural | ēaniaþ | ēanodon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | ēaniġe | ēanode |
plural | ēaniġen | ēanoden |
imperative | ||
singular | ēana | |
plural | ēaniaþ | |
participle | present | past |
ēaniende | (ġe)ēanod |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ēanian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.