fordwynen
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English fordwīnan; from Proto-Germanic *fra- (“for-”), *dwīnaną (“to disappear, dwindle”), from Proto-Indo-European *dgʷhey- (“to disappear, die”), equivalent to for- + dwynen. Cognate with Dutch verdwijnen (“to disappear, vanish”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
fordwynen
- To dwindle; to become diminished.
- To become weak (with sickness)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of fordwynen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
References edit
- “fordwīnen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.