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Old English · verb

sawan

Normalised sāwan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class VII
IPA
/ˈsɑː.wɑn/
Syllables
ˈsɑː · wɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
sowfigurativelyseed

Meaning

  1. to sow (seed, etc.) (literally or figuratively)

    c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 4:3

    Out went the sower to sow his seed.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sawan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular sāwesēow
2nd singular sǣwstsēowe
3rd singular sǣwþsēow
Plural sāwaþsēowon
Subjunctive
Singular sāwesēowe
Plural sāwensēowen
Non-finite forms of sawan
Form
Infinitive sāwan
Inflected infinitive sāwenne
Imperative singular sāw
Imperative plural sāwaþ
Present participle sāwende
Past participle sāwenġesāwen

All forms (14)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sāan (“to sow”).

Descendants

sow

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