læwan
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *lāwijan, from Proto-Germanic *lēwijaną. Cognate with Old High German firlāwen, gilāwen (“to betray”), Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (lēwjan, “to betray”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
lǣwan
- to betray
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of lǣwan (weak class 1)
infinitive | lǣwan | lǣwenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | lǣwe | lǣwde |
second person singular | lǣwest, lǣwst | lǣwdest |
third person singular | lǣweþ, lǣwþ | lǣwde |
plural | lǣwaþ | lǣwdon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | lǣwe | lǣwde |
plural | lǣwen | lǣwden |
imperative | ||
singular | lǣw | |
plural | lǣwaþ | |
participle | present | past |
lǣwende | (ġe)lǣwed |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “lǣwan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.