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Old English · verb

bewepan

Normalised bewēpan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class VII
IPA
/beˈweː.pɑn/
Syllables
be · ˈweː · pɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
beweepweepbewail

Meaning

  1. to weep, weep over or about, bewail, beweep

Conjugation

Conjugation of bewepan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular bewēpebewēop
2nd singular bewēpstbewēope
3rd singular bewēpþbewēop
Plural bewēpaþbewēopon
Subjunctive
Singular bewēpebewēope
Plural bewēpenbewēopen
Non-finite forms of bewepan
Form
Infinitive bewēpan
Inflected infinitive bewēpenne
Imperative singular bewēp
Imperative plural bewēpaþ
Present participle bewēpende
Past participle bewōpen

All forms (14)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *biwōpijan, analyzable as be- + wēpan. Cognate with Old Saxon biwōpian, Old Frisian biwēpa.

Descendants

beweep

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