læwan

Old English

Alternative forms
  • lǣƿan – wynn spelling

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lāwijan, from Proto-Germanic *lēwijaną. Cognate with Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (lēwjan, “to betray”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlæː.wɑn/

Verb

lǣwan

  1. to betray

Conjugation
Conjugation of lǣwan (weak class 1)
infinitive lǣwan lǣwenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular lǣwe lǣwde
2nd-person singular lǣwest, lǣwst lǣwdest
3rd-person singular lǣweþ, lǣwþ lǣwde
plural lǣwaþ lǣwdon
subjunctive present past
singular lǣwe lǣwde
plural lǣwen lǣwden
imperative
singular lǣw
plural lǣwaþ
participle present past
lǣwende (ġe)lǣwed

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Middle English: læwen, lewen
    • Scots: lawit, lewit, lewd (past participle)
    • English: lewd (past participle)

References
  • lǣwan in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.