aswagen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• a-suwage, a-swage, a-swagen, assuage, asswage, asswagen, asuage, aswage, aswagi

Etymology

From Old French asuagier, from Vulgar Latin *assuaviō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈswaːd͡ʒən/

Verb

aswagen

1. To cure or assuage; to give relief (especially used with injury or harm)
2. To pacify; to cause to relax or calm.
3. To become calm or assuaged; to be rid of one's ills.
4. To become smaller, diminish, or shrink.
5. (rare) To cause to become smaller, diminish or shrink.
6. (rare) To stop one's harassment or harrying.

Conjugation

Conjugation of aswagen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) aswagen, aswage
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	aswage	aswaged
2nd-person singular	aswagest	aswagedest
3rd-person singular	aswageth	aswaged
subjunctive singular	aswage
imperative singular		—
plural1	aswagen, aswage	aswageden, aswagede
imperative plural	aswageth, aswage	—
participles	aswagynge, aswagende	aswaged, yaswaged

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: assuage, swage
• Scots: swadge

References

• “as(s)wāǧen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-2.