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Old English · verb

blawan

Normalised blāwan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class VII
IPA
/ˈblɑː.wɑn/
Syllables
ˈblɑː · wɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
blowblawblownbreatheinflate

Meaning

  1. to blow; breathe

    Fēower heafodwindas synd. Sē fyrmesta is ēasterne wind, subsolanus ġehāten, for þām ðe hē blæwð frām ðǣre sunnan upspringe, ⁊ ys swyðe ġemetegod. Sē ōðer heafodwind is sūðerne, auster ġehāten, sē āstyreð wolcnu, ⁊ ligettas, ⁊ mistlice cwyld blǣwð geond ðās eorðan.

    There are four headwinds. The first is the eastern wind, called subsolanus, because it blows from where the sun rises, and is very moderate. The second headwind is southern, called auster, which stirs up clouds, and lightnings, and blows various plagues around the earth.

    c. 994, Ælfric, On the Twelve Winds
  2. to be blown

  3. to sound

  4. to inflate

Conjugation

Conjugation of blawan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular blāweblēow
2nd singular blǣwstblēowe
3rd singular blǣwþblēow
Plural blāwaþblēowon
Subjunctive
Singular blāweblēowe
Plural blāwenblēowen
Non-finite forms of blawan
Form
Infinitive blāwan
Inflected infinitive blāwenne
Imperative singular blāw
Imperative plural blāwaþ
Present participle blāwende
Past participle blāwenġeblāwen

All forms (14)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *blāan, from Proto-Germanic *blēaną (“to blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to swell, blow up”). Akin to Old High German blāen, Latin flō (“blow”).

Descendants

blaw, blow

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