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Old English · verb

spiwan

Normalised spīwan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class I
IPA
/ˈspiː.wɑn/
Syllables
ˈspiː · wɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
spewvomit

Meaning

  1. to vomit, spew

  2. to spit

    Herodes hēt tīon þā ċild of hira mōdor brēostum ond bōsmum, ond þonne man þā ċild cwealde, þonne spiwon hīe þā meoloc ǣr þæt blōd.

    Herod ordered that the children be torn from their mothers' breasts and bosoms, and when they were killed they spat out the milk before the blood.

    late 9th century, Old English Martyrology

Conjugation

Conjugation of spiwan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular spīwespāw
2nd singular spīwstspiwe
3rd singular spīwþspāw
Plural spīwaþspiwon
Subjunctive
Singular spīwespiwe
Plural spīwenspiwen
Non-finite forms of spiwan
Form
Infinitive spīwan
Inflected infinitive spīwenne
Imperative singular spīw
Imperative plural spīwaþ
Present participle spīwende
Past participle spiwenġespiwen

All forms (14)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *spīwan.

Descendants

spew

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