Old English · verb

wawan

Normalised wāwan

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

Meaning

to blow, be moved by the wind

hnesċre iċ eom micle halsrefēþre,

I am much softer than down feathers which are blown about by the wind in the air.
Exeter Book, riddle 40

Conjugation

Conjugation of wawan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	wāwe	wēow
2nd singular	wǣwst	wēowe
3rd singular	wǣwþ wǣweþ	wēow
Plural	wāwaþ	wēowon
Subjunctive
Singular	wāwe	wēowe
Plural	wāwen	wēowen

Non-finite forms of wawan
	Form
Infinitive	wāwan
Inflected infinitive	wāwenne
Imperative singular	wāw
Imperative plural	wāwaþ
Present participle	wāwende
Past participle	wāwen ġewāwen

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wāan, from Proto-Germanic *wēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti, from *h₂weh₁-. Cognate with Old Saxon wāian and Gothic (waian), and more distantly with Old Church Slavonic вѣꙗти (vějati), Ancient Greek ἄημι (áēmi) and Sanskrit वाति (vāti).

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