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Old English · verb

dwinan

Normalised dwīnan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class I
IPA
/ˈdwiː.nɑn/
Syllables
ˈdwiː · nɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
dwinedeclinelanguish

Meaning

  1. to waste away, languish, decline, wither

Conjugation

Conjugation of dwinan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular dwīnedwān
2nd singular dwīnstdwine
3rd singular dwīnþdwān
Plural dwīnaþdwinon
Subjunctive
Singular dwīnedwine
Plural dwīnendwinen
Non-finite forms of dwinan
Form
Infinitive dwīnan
Inflected infinitive dwīnenne
Imperative singular dwīn
Imperative plural dwīnaþ
Present participle dwīnende
Past participle dwinenġedwinen

All forms (14)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dwīnaną. Cognate with Old Norse dvína (Swedish dvina), Middle Low German dwīnen.

Descendants

dwine

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