"weaxan" meaning in All languages combined

See weaxan on Wiktionary

Verb [Old English]

IPA: /ˈwæ͜ɑk.sɑn/
Rhymes: -æ͜ɑk.sɑn Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *wahsan. Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gmw-pro|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=3}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*wahsan}} Proto-West Germanic *wahsan Head templates: {{ang-verb}} weaxan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|weaxan<s7>}} Forms: strong [table-tags], weaxan [infinitive], weaxenne [infinitive], weaxe [first-person, present, singular], wēox [first-person, past, singular], wiext [present, second-person, singular], wēoxe [past, second-person, singular], wiext [present, singular, third-person], wēox [past, singular, third-person], weaxaþ [plural, present], wēoxon [past, plural], weaxe [present, singular], wēoxe [past, singular], weaxen [plural, present], wēoxen [past, plural], weax [imperative, past, present, singular], weaxaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], weaxende [imperative, present], weaxen [imperative, past], ġeweaxen [imperative, past], wexan [alternative]
  1. to grow Derived forms: beweaxan, forweaxan, ġeweaxan
    Sense id: en-weaxan-ang-verb-Qwswp5iE Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "wanian"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "wax"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "wax"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle Scots",
          "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
          "word": "wax"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "wax"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle Scots",
          "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
          "word": "walx"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "waxen"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "gem-pro",
        "4": "ine-pro",
        "inh": "3"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*wahsan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *wahsan",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *wahsan.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "VII",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weaxan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weaxenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weaxe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēox",
      "links": [
        [
          "wēox",
          "weox#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiext",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēoxe",
      "links": [
        [
          "wēoxe",
          "weoxe#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiext",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēox",
      "links": [
        [
          "wēox",
          "weox#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weaxaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēoxon",
      "links": [
        [
          "wēoxon",
          "weoxon#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weaxe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēoxe",
      "links": [
        [
          "wēoxe",
          "weoxe#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weaxen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēoxen",
      "links": [
        [
          "wēoxen",
          "weoxen#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weax",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weaxaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weaxende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weaxen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeweaxen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wexan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "weaxan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "weaxan<s7>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "beweaxan"
        },
        {
          "word": "forweaxan"
        },
        {
          "word": "ġeweaxan"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              55,
              59
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              72,
              76
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I can say that I withstood no more of wretchedness, new or old, since I grew up, then now.",
          "ref": "10th century, The Wife's Lament:",
          "text": "Iċ þæt seċġan mæġ,\nhwæt iċ yrmþa ġebād, · siþþan iċ ūp wēox,\nnīwes oþþe ealdes, · nō mā þonne nū.",
          "translation": "I can say that I withstood no more of wretchedness, new or old, since I grew up, then now.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to grow"
      ],
      "id": "en-weaxan-ang-verb-Qwswp5iE",
      "links": [
        [
          "grow",
          "grow"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwæ͜ɑk.sɑn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æ͜ɑk.sɑn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "weaxan"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "wanian"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "beweaxan"
    },
    {
      "word": "forweaxan"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġeweaxan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "wax"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "wax"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle Scots",
          "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
          "word": "wax"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "wax"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle Scots",
          "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
          "word": "walx"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "waxen"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "gem-pro",
        "4": "ine-pro",
        "inh": "3"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*wahsan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *wahsan",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *wahsan.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "VII",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weaxan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weaxenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weaxe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēox",
      "links": [
        [
          "wēox",
          "weox#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiext",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēoxe",
      "links": [
        [
          "wēoxe",
          "weoxe#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiext",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēox",
      "links": [
        [
          "wēox",
          "weox#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weaxaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēoxon",
      "links": [
        [
          "wēoxon",
          "weoxon#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weaxe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēoxe",
      "links": [
        [
          "wēoxe",
          "weoxe#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weaxen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēoxen",
      "links": [
        [
          "wēoxen",
          "weoxen#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weax",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weaxaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weaxende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weaxen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeweaxen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wexan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "weaxan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "weaxan<s7>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Old English class 7 strong verbs",
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Old English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Old English/æ͜ɑk.sɑn",
        "Rhymes:Old English/æ͜ɑk.sɑn/2 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              55,
              59
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              72,
              76
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I can say that I withstood no more of wretchedness, new or old, since I grew up, then now.",
          "ref": "10th century, The Wife's Lament:",
          "text": "Iċ þæt seċġan mæġ,\nhwæt iċ yrmþa ġebād, · siþþan iċ ūp wēox,\nnīwes oþþe ealdes, · nō mā þonne nū.",
          "translation": "I can say that I withstood no more of wretchedness, new or old, since I grew up, then now.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to grow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grow",
          "grow"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwæ͜ɑk.sɑn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æ͜ɑk.sɑn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "weaxan"
}

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