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Old English · verb

awunian

Normalised āwunian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ɑːˈwu.ni.ɑn/
Syllables
ɑː · ˈwu · ni · ɑn (4 syllables)
Modern English
abideinsist

Meaning

  1. to abide

  2. to remain, continue

    Þēos sibb āwunade on Crīstes cyriċan...ōþ ðā tīde þe sē Arrianisċa gėdweolda ārās.

    This peace persisted in Christ's church...until the time that the Arian heresy arose.

    late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

  3. to insist

Conjugation

Conjugation of awunian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular āwuniġeāwunode
2nd singular āwunastāwunodest
3rd singular āwunaþāwunode
Plural āwuniaþāwunodon
Subjunctive
Singular āwuniġeāwunode
Plural āwuniġenāwunoden
Non-finite forms of awunian
Form
Infinitive āwunian
Inflected infinitive āwunienne
Imperative singular āwuna
Imperative plural āwuniaþ
Present participle āwuniende
Past participle āwunod

All forms (14)

Etymology

By surface analysis, ā- + wunian

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