bewawan

Old English

Alternative forms

• biwāwan

Etymology

From be- +‎ wāwan (“blow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈwɑː.wɑn/

Verb

bewāwan

1. to blow against
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     swā nū missenlīċe · ġeond þisne middanġeard
     winde biwāune · weallas stondaþ,
     hrīme bihrorene, · hrȳðġe þā ederas.

     as now walls are standing differently
     over this world, blown by wind,
     covered by frost, the slow-swept dwellings.

Conjugation

Conjugation of bewāwan (strong class 7)

infinitive	bewāwan	bewāwenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	bewāwe	bewēow
second person singular	bewǣwst	bewēowe
third person singular	bewǣwþ	bewēow
plural	bewāwaþ	bewēowon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	bewāwe	bewēowe
plural	bewāwen	bewēowen
imperative
singular	bewāw
plural	bewāwaþ
participle	present	past
	bewāwende	bewāwen

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “bewāwan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.