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Old English · verb

fordwinan

Normalised fordwīnan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class I
IPA
/forˈdwiː.nɑn/
Syllables
for · ˈdwiː · nɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
disappear

Meaning

  1. to disappear

    Þā besēah Martinus wið þǣs sċeoccan lēoht, ġemyndiġ on mōde hū sē Metoda Drihten cwæð on his godspelle þe his godcundan tōcyme, and cwæð tō ðām lēasan mid ġelǣredum mūðe, "Ne sǣde ūre Hǣlend þæt hē swā wolde bēon mid purpuran gehīwod, oððe mid helme scīnende, þonne hē eft cōme mid engla ðrymme." Đā fordwān sē deofol drēoriġ him fram, and sēo stōw ðā stanc mid orm

    Then Martinus beheld the demon's light, mindful of what the Lord God said in his gospel about his divine coming, and said to the false one with learned mouth, "Our Savior did not say that he would be habited in purple, or that he would have a shining crown, when he came again with a host of angels." Then the sad devil disappeared, and the place stank with a powerful stench after the presence of th

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Conjugation

Conjugation of fordwinan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular fordwīnefordwān
2nd singular fordwīnstfordwine
3rd singular fordwīnþfordwān
Plural fordwīnaþfordwinon
Subjunctive
Singular fordwīnefordwine
Plural fordwīnenfordwinen
Non-finite forms of fordwinan
Form
Infinitive fordwīnan
Inflected infinitive fordwīnenne
Imperative singular fordwīn
Imperative plural fordwīnaþ
Present participle fordwīnende
Past participle fordwinen

All forms (13)

Etymology

From for- + dwīnan. Compare Dutch verdwijnen.

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