"mawen" meaning in Middle English

See mawen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Feom Old English magan (“stomachs”), plural of maga, from Proto-Germanic *maganiz, plural of *magô; equivalent to mawe + -en (“plural suffix”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|magan|t=stomachs}} Old English magan (“stomachs”), {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*maganiz}} Proto-Germanic *maganiz, {{af|enm|mawe|-en|id2=noun plural|nocat=1|t2=plural suffix}} mawe + -en (“plural suffix”) Head templates: {{head|enm|noun form}} mawen
  1. plural of mawe Tags: form-of, plural Form of: mawe
    Sense id: en-mawen-enm-noun-OKvxtWUA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|var=1}} mawen
  1. alternative form of mowen (“to be able to”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: mowen (extra: to be able to)
    Sense id: en-mawen-enm-verb-s86A~nlZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|var=1}} mawen
  1. alternative form of mowen (“to mow”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: mowen (extra: to mow)
    Sense id: en-mawen-enm-verb-4buFaNVc Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 15 25 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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