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Old English · verb

spowan

Normalised spōwan

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

Meaning

  1. to succeed (+ genitive at something) (impersonal, with dative of person)

Conjugation

Conjugation of spowan
PresentPast
Indicative
3rd singular spēwþspēow
Subjunctive
Singular spōwespēowe
Non-finite forms of spowan
Form
Infinitive spōwan
Inflected infinitive spōwenne
Present participle spōwende
Past participle spōwenġespōwen

All forms (9)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *spōan.

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