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Old English · verb

wedan

Normalised wēdan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈweː.dɑn/
Syllables
ˈweː · dɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
rabiesinsane

Meaning

  1. to be or go insane, or to rage

    Fulnēah nān mann ne hlīepþ undruncen, būtan wēnunga hē wēde.

    Almost no one dances sober, unless maybe they're crazy.

  2. to have rabies

Conjugation

Conjugation of wedan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular wēdewēdde
2nd singular wēdestwētstwēddest
3rd singular wēdeþwēttwētwēdde
Plural wēdaþwēddon
Subjunctive
Singular wēdewēdde
Plural wēdenwēdden
Non-finite forms of wedan
Form
Infinitive wēdan
Inflected infinitive wēdenne
Imperative singular wēd
Imperative plural wēdaþ
Present participle wēdende
Past participle wēdedġewēded

All forms (18)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wōdijaną, derived from *wōdaz (“insane or enraged,” whence Old English wōd) + *-ijaną (causative suffix).

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