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
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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 -
to be blown
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to sound
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to inflate
Conjugation
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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