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Old English · verb

læwan

Normalised lǣwan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈlæː.wɑn/
Syllables
ˈlæː · wɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
betraylewd

Meaning

  1. to betray

Conjugation

Conjugation of læwan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular lǣwelǣwde
2nd singular lǣwestlǣwstlǣwdest
3rd singular lǣweþlǣwþlǣwde
Plural lǣwaþlǣwdon
Subjunctive
Singular lǣwelǣwde
Plural lǣwenlǣwden
Non-finite forms of læwan
Form
Infinitive lǣwan
Inflected infinitive lǣwenne
Imperative singular lǣw
Imperative plural lǣwaþ
Present participle lǣwende
Past participle lǣwedġelǣwed

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lāwijan, from Proto-Germanic *lēwijaną. Cognate with Old High German firlāwen, gilāwen (“to betray”), Gothic (lēwjan, “to betray”).

Descendants

lewd

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