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Old English · noun

gewuna

Normalised ġewuna

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
weak
IPA
/jeˈwu.nɑ/
Syllables
je · ˈwu · nɑ (3 syllables)
Modern English
customwontritual

Meaning

  1. custom

    Þa bead se biscop Mamertus ðreora daga fæsten, and sēo ġedreccednys ða ġeswac; and se ġewuna ðæs fæstenes ðurhwunað ġehwǣr on ġelēaffulre ġelaðunge.

    Then the bishop Mamertus commanded a fast of three days, and the affliction ceased; and the custom of the fast continues everywhere in the faithful church.

    c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"

  2. ritual

  3. habit, wont

Declension

Declension of gewuna
SingularPlural
Nominative ġewunaġewunan
Accusative ġewunanġewunan
Genitive ġewunanġewunena
Dative ġewunanġewunum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gawunô (“habit, wont”), equivalent to ġe- + wuna.

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