waveren
Middle English
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editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old Norse vafra.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editwaveren (third-person singular simple present wavereth, present participle waverende, waverynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle wavered)
- To shake, swing or totter; to move to and fro.
- To move around, especially erratically.
- (figurative) To be mutable or uncertain; to waver or change.
- (figurative) To deviate or become morally suspect.
Conjugation
editConjugation of waveren (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Derived terms
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editReferences
edit- “wāveren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-11.