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Old English · verb

adwinan

Normalised ādwīnan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class I
IPA
/ɑːˈdwiː.nɑn/
Syllables
ɑː · ˈdwiː · nɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
disappeardwindlenaught

Meaning

  1. to dwindle, disappear

  2. to bring to naught, destroy

  3. to decay

Conjugation

Conjugation of adwinan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ādwīneādwān
2nd singular ādwīnstādwine
3rd singular ādwīnþādwān
Plural ādwīnaþādwinon
Subjunctive
Singular ādwīneādwine
Plural ādwīnenādwinen
Non-finite forms of adwinan
Form
Infinitive ādwīnan
Inflected infinitive ādwīnenne
Imperative singular ādwīn
Imperative plural ādwīnaþ
Present participle ādwīnende
Past participle ādwinen

All forms (13)

Etymology

From ā- + dwīnan (“to wither”).

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