folwen
Middle English
editAlternative forms
edit- folwien, folewen, folowen, foluwen, volewen, folȝen, foleȝen, folien, filȝen, filiȝen, filien, fulien, vulen, vulien, feolien, felowen
Etymology
editFrom Old English folgian, from Proto-West Germanic *folgēn, from Proto-Germanic *fulgāną.
Verb
editfolwen (third-person singular simple present folweth, present participle folwende, folwynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle folwed)
- to follow
Conjugation
editConjugation of folwen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “folwen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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