"wagian" meaning in Old English

See wagian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈwɑ.ɡi.ɑn/, [ˈwɑ.ɣi.ɑn]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *wagōn, from Proto-Germanic *wagōną. Cognate with Old High German wagōn, Old Norse vaga. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*wagōn}} Proto-West Germanic *wagōn, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*wagōną}} Proto-Germanic *wagōną, {{cog|goh|wagōn}} Old High German wagōn, {{cog|non|vaga}} Old Norse vaga Head templates: {{ang-verb}} wagian Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|wagian<w2>}} Forms: weak [table-tags], wagian [infinitive], wagienne [infinitive], wagiġe [first-person, present, singular], wagode [first-person, past, singular], wagast [present, second-person, singular], wagodest [past, second-person, singular], wagaþ [present, singular, third-person], wagode [past, singular, third-person], wagiaþ [plural, present], wagodon [past, plural], wagiġe [present, singular], wagode [past, singular], wagiġen [plural, present], wagoden [past, plural], waga [imperative, past, present, singular], wagiaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], wagiende [imperative, present], wagod [imperative, past], ġewagod [imperative, past]
  1. (intransitive) to move back and forth, wag, wave, shake Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-wagian-ang-verb-5E1UEJYn Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 86 8 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 61 22 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 17 13
  2. (intransitive) to shake, totter, sway Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-wagian-ang-verb-lQ1I0Qwt
  3. (intransitive) to be loose Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-wagian-ang-verb-Fb4Dx7M1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wageġan Derived forms: wagung

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "wagung"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "wawen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: wawen, wawyn, waȝien, waȝeȝen, wagien, wawien, wawie, wawi, wawe\nEnglish: waw\nScots: waw",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: wawen, wawyn, waȝien, waȝeȝen, wagien, wawien, wawie, wawi, wawe\nEnglish: waw\nScots: waw"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "waggen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: waggen\nEnglish: wag",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: waggen\nEnglish: wag"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*wagōn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *wagōn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*wagōną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wagōną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "wagōn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German wagōn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "vaga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse vaga",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *wagōn, from Proto-Germanic *wagōną. Cognate with Old High German wagōn, Old Norse vaga.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagiġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waga",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagiende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġewagod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "wagian",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wagian<w2>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "86 8 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "61 22 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 17 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to move back and forth, wag, wave, shake"
      ],
      "id": "en-wagian-ang-verb-5E1UEJYn",
      "links": [
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "wag",
          "wag"
        ],
        [
          "wave",
          "wave"
        ],
        [
          "shake",
          "shake"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to move back and forth, wag, wave, shake"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to shake, totter, sway"
      ],
      "id": "en-wagian-ang-verb-lQ1I0Qwt",
      "links": [
        [
          "shake",
          "shake"
        ],
        [
          "totter",
          "totter"
        ],
        [
          "sway",
          "sway"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to shake, totter, sway"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to be loose"
      ],
      "id": "en-wagian-ang-verb-Fb4Dx7M1",
      "links": [
        [
          "loose",
          "loose"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to be loose"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɑ.ɡi.ɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwɑ.ɣi.ɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "wageġan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wagian"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English class 2 weak verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "wagung"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "wawen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: wawen, wawyn, waȝien, waȝeȝen, wagien, wawien, wawie, wawi, wawe\nEnglish: waw\nScots: waw",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: wawen, wawyn, waȝien, waȝeȝen, wagien, wawien, wawie, wawi, wawe\nEnglish: waw\nScots: waw"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "waggen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: waggen\nEnglish: wag",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: waggen\nEnglish: wag"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*wagōn"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*wagōną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wagōną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "wagōn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German wagōn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "vaga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse vaga",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *wagōn, from Proto-Germanic *wagōną. Cognate with Old High German wagōn, Old Norse vaga.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagiġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waga",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagiende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wagod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġewagod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "wagian",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wagian<w2>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to move back and forth, wag, wave, shake"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "wag",
          "wag"
        ],
        [
          "wave",
          "wave"
        ],
        [
          "shake",
          "shake"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to move back and forth, wag, wave, shake"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to shake, totter, sway"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shake",
          "shake"
        ],
        [
          "totter",
          "totter"
        ],
        [
          "sway",
          "sway"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to shake, totter, sway"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be loose"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "loose",
          "loose"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to be loose"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɑ.ɡi.ɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwɑ.ɣi.ɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "wageġan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wagian"
}

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