weaxen

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġeweaxen, ƿeaxen

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wahsanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną (“to wax, grow”).

Verb

weaxen

1. past participle of weaxan

Descendants

• Middle English: waxen
  • English: waxen

References

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