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Old English · verb

wepan

Normalised wēpan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class VII
IPA
/ˈweː.pɑn/
Syllables
ˈweː · pɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
weep

Meaning

  1. to weep

    þā wēop sē cyning and þancode gode his gōdan wyllan.

    Then the king wept and thanked God for his good will.

    late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

  2. to complain, bewail

Conjugation

Conjugation of wepan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular wēpewēop
2nd singular wēpstwēope
3rd singular wēpþwēop
Plural wēpaþwēopon
Subjunctive
Singular wēpewēope
Plural wēpenwēopen
Non-finite forms of wepan
Form
Infinitive wēpan
Inflected infinitive wēpenne
Imperative singular wēp
Imperative plural wēpaþ
Present participle wēpende
Past participle wōpenġewōpen

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wōpijan, Proto-Germanic *wōpijaną. Cognate with Old Frisian wēpa, Old Saxon wōpian, Old High German wuofan, Old Norse ǿpa, Proto-Slavic *vъpiti (“to weep”).

Descendants

weep

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