"waveren" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈwaːv(ə)rən/, /ˈwav(ə)rən/
Etymology: Borrowed from Old Norse vafra. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|enm|non|vafra|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Norse vafra, {{bor+|enm|non|vafra}} Borrowed from Old Norse vafra Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} waveren, {{enm-verb|stem=waver}} waveren (third-person singular simple present wavereth, present participle waverende, waverynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle wavered) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|waver}} Forms: wavereth [present, singular, third-person], waverende [participle, present], waverynge [participle, present], wavered [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], weak [table-tags], waveren [infinitive], to waveren [infinitive], wavere [infinitive], wavere [first-person, present, singular], wavered [first-person, past, singular], waverest [present, second-person, singular], waveredest [past, second-person, singular], wavereth [present, singular, third-person], wavered [past, singular, third-person], wavere [present, singular, subjunctive], wavered [past, singular, subjunctive], wavere [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], waveren [plural, present], wavere [plural, present], wavereden [past, plural], waverede [past, plural], wavereth [imperative, plural, present], wavere [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], waverynge [participle, present], waverende [participle, present], wavered [participle, past], ywavered [participle, past]
  1. To shake, swing or totter; to move to and fro.
    Sense id: en-waveren-enm-verb-kEuz-Pyf
  2. To move around, especially erratically.
    Sense id: en-waveren-enm-verb-W3BUIT56 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 30 48 13 9
  3. (figurative) To be mutable or uncertain; to waver or change. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-waveren-enm-verb-2Ji6wK02
  4. (figurative) To deviate or become morally suspect. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-waveren-enm-verb-05Due8Wy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wafyr, wavere, vaveren, waveron, waveryn, wavyr Derived forms: waverynge

Alternative forms

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        "(figurative) To deviate or become morally suspect."
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        "(figurative) To deviate or become morally suspect."
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      "word": "waveron"
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      "word": "wavyr"
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