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Old English · verb

ceowan

Normalised ċēowan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class II
IPA
/ˈt͡ʃe͜oː.wɑn/
Syllables
ˈt͡ʃe͜oː · wɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
chew

Meaning

  1. to chew

    Đā ongunnon ealle ðā nǣddran tō ċēowenne heora flæsċ and heora blōd sucan, þæt hī þæt āttor ūt ātugon

    Then all the snakes began to chew their flesh and suck their blood in order to draw out the venom.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Conjugation

Conjugation of ceowan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ċēoweċēaw
2nd singular ċīewstcuwe
3rd singular ċīewþċēaw
Plural ċēowaþcuwon
Subjunctive
Singular ċēowecuwe
Plural ċēowencuwen
Non-finite forms of ceowan
Form
Infinitive ċēowan
Inflected infinitive ċēowenne
Imperative singular ċēow
Imperative plural ċēowaþ
Present participle ċēowende
Past participle cowenġecowen

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *keuwan, from Proto-Germanic *kewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-. Cognate with Old High German kiuwan (German kauen), and also Old Norse tyggva, tyggja.

Descendants

chew

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