Old English · verb

giwian

Normalised ġiwian

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 2 Anglian
IPA: /ˈji.wi.ɑn/
Syllables: ˈji · wi · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English: request

Meaning

to ask (for something), request

(gloss) petō, postulō
to demand

(gloss) exigō

Conjugation

Conjugation of giwian
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	ġiwiu ġiwiġe	ġiwade
2nd singular	ġiwas	ġiwades
3rd singular	ġiwaþ	ġiwade
Plural	ġiwiaþ	ġiwadun ġiwadon
Subjunctive
Singular	ġiwiġe	ġiwade
Plural	ġiwiġen	ġiwaden

Non-finite forms of giwian
	Form
Infinitive	ġiwian
Inflected infinitive	ġiwienne ġiwianne
Imperative singular	ġiwa
Imperative plural	ġiwiaþ
Present participle	ġiwiende
Past participle	ġiwad ġeġiwad

All forms (18)

ġiwiu
ġiwiġe
ġiwade
ġiwas
ġiwades
ġiwaþ
ġiwiaþ
ġiwadun
ġiwadon
ġiwiġen
ġiwaden
ġiwian
ġiwienne
ġiwianne
ġiwa
ġiwiende
ġiwad
ġeġiwad

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *giwēn, cognate with Old High German anagiwēn (“to desire, long for”). Alternatively, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *giwō (“boasting; audacity”), related to Old Norse gjó (“enjoyment; sensuality; lust”), Middle High German giude (“loud revelry; boasting”).

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