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Old English · verb

weman

Normalised wēman

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

Meaning

  1. to sound, be heard; announce

  2. to persuade, convince, lead astray

    wēman mid wynnum. · Wāt sē þe cunnað, hū slīþen bið · sorg tō ġefēran, þām þe him lȳt hafað · lēofra ġeholena.

    or friendless me would soothe, allure with glees. Knows the one who undergoes, how tough is sorrow as a companion, to whom little has dear confidants for himself.

    oþþe mec frēondlēasne · frēfran wolde,

Conjugation

Conjugation of weman
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular wēmewēmde
2nd singular wēmestwēmstwēmdest
3rd singular wēmeþwēmþwēmde
Plural wēmaþwēmdon
Subjunctive
Singular wēmewēmde
Plural wēmenwēmden
Non-finite forms of weman
Form
Infinitive wēman
Inflected infinitive wēmenne
Imperative singular wēm
Imperative plural wēmaþ
Present participle wēmende
Past participle wēmedġewēmed

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wōhmijan, from Proto-Germanic *wōhmijaną (“to sound, make a noise”), from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to speak, sound”).

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