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Old English · noun

wægn

Normalised wæġn

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/wæjn/
Syllables
wæjn (1 syllable)
Modern English
wagonwainwaynecarriageconstellationplough

Meaning

  1. wagon, carriage

  2. the Plough constellation

Declension

Declension of wægn
SingularPlural
Nominative wæġnwæġnas
Accusative wæġnwæġnas
Genitive wæġneswæġna
Dative wæġnewæġnum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wagnaz. Cognate with Old Frisian wein, Old Saxon wagan, Old High German wagan, and Old Norse vagn. The Indo-European root is also the source of way and weigh.

Descendants

wain, wayne

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