eldertongue

Old English · verb

wefan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class V
IPA
/ˈwe.fɑn/
[ˈwe.vɑn]
Syllables
ˈwe · fɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
weave

Meaning

  1. to weave

Conjugation

Conjugation of wefan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular wefewæf
2nd singular wifstwǣfe
3rd singular wifþwæf
Plural wefaþwǣfon
Subjunctive
Singular wefewǣfe
Plural wefenwǣfen
Non-finite forms of wefan
Form
Infinitive wefan
Inflected infinitive wefenne
Imperative singular wef
Imperative plural wefaþ
Present participle wefende
Past participle wefenġewefen

All forms (14)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *weban. Cognates Germanic cognates include Old Frisian weva, Old Saxon weƀan, Old Dutch wevan, Old High German weban, Old Norse vefa.

Descendants

weave

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