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Old English · verb

wandian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈwɑn.di.ɑn/
Syllables
ˈwɑn · di · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
hesitatespare

Meaning

  1. to hesitate (with æt = about something)

    late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Deuteronomy 15:10

    Don't hesitate to help your friend.

  2. to spare (+ dative)

  3. to care, have regard (with for for something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of wandian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular wandiġewandode
2nd singular wandastwandodest
3rd singular wandaþwandode
Plural wandiaþwandodon
Subjunctive
Singular wandiġewandode
Plural wandiġenwandoden
Non-finite forms of wandian
Form
Infinitive wandian
Inflected infinitive wandienne
Imperative singular wanda
Imperative plural wandiaþ
Present participle wandiende
Past participle wandodġewandod

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wandōn, from Proto-Germanic *wandōną.

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