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Old English · verb

wenian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈwe.ni.ɑn/
Syllables
ˈwe · ni · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
weanaccustom

Meaning

  1. to accustom

    hū hine on ġeoguðe · his goldwine wenede tō wiste · Wyn eal ġedrēas.

    He remembers hall-men and takings of treasures, how his goldfriend accustomed him to feast in youth. Mirth has completely perished.

    Ġemon hē seleseċġas · ond sincþege,

Conjugation

Conjugation of wenian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular weniġewenode
2nd singular wenastwenodest
3rd singular wenaþwenode
Plural weniaþwenodon
Subjunctive
Singular weniġewenode
Plural weniġenwenoden
Non-finite forms of wenian
Form
Infinitive wenian
Inflected infinitive wenienne
Imperative singular wena
Imperative plural weniaþ
Present participle weniende
Past participle wenodġewenod

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wannjan (“to accustom, be used to”). Cognate with Old Frisian wennia, Old Saxon wennian (Dutch wennen), Old High German wennen (German gewöhnen), Old Norse venja (Danish vænne, Swedish vänja).

Descendants

wean

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