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Old English · verb

weaxan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class VII
IPA
/ˈwæ͜ɑk.sɑn/
Syllables
ˈwæ͜ɑk · sɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
waxgrow

Meaning

  1. to grow

    hwæt iċ yrmþa ġebād, · siþþan iċ ūp wēox, nīwes oþþe ealdes, · nō mā þonne nū.

    I can say that I withstood no more of wretchedness, new or old, since I grew up, then now.

    Iċ þæt seċġan mæġ,

Conjugation

Conjugation of weaxan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular weaxewēox
2nd singular wiextwēoxe
3rd singular wiextwēox
Plural weaxaþwēoxon
Subjunctive
Singular weaxewēoxe
Plural weaxenwēoxen
Non-finite forms of weaxan
Form
Infinitive weaxan
Inflected infinitive weaxenne
Imperative singular weax
Imperative plural weaxaþ
Present participle weaxende
Past participle weaxenġeweaxen

All forms (13)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wahsan.

Descendants

wax

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