"wenian" meaning in Old English

See wenian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈwe.ni.ɑn/
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *wanjaną (“to accustom, be used to”). Cognate with Old Frisian wennia, Old Saxon wennian (Dutch wennen), Old High German wennen (German gewöhnen), Old Norse venja (Danish vænne, Swedish vänja). Etymology templates: {{root|ang|ine-pro|*wenh₁-}}, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*wanjaną||to accustom, be used to}} Proto-Germanic *wanjaną (“to accustom, be used to”), {{cog|ofs|wennia}} Old Frisian wennia, {{cog|osx|wennian}} Old Saxon wennian, {{cog|nl|wennen}} Dutch wennen, {{cog|goh|wennen}} Old High German wennen, {{cog|de|gewöhnen}} German gewöhnen, {{cog|non|venja}} Old Norse venja, {{cog|da|vænne}} Danish vænne, {{cog|sv|vänja}} Swedish vänja Head templates: {{ang-verb}} wenian Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|wenian<w2>}} Forms: weak [table-tags], wenian [infinitive], wenienne [infinitive], weniġe [first-person, present, singular], wenode [first-person, past, singular], wenast [present, second-person, singular], wenodest [past, second-person, singular], wenaþ [present, singular, third-person], wenode [past, singular, third-person], weniaþ [plural, present], wenodon [past, plural], weniġe [present, singular], wenode [past, singular], weniġen [plural, present], wenoden [past, plural], wena [imperative, past, present, singular], weniaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], weniende [imperative, present], wenod [imperative, past], ġewenod [imperative, past]
  1. (transitive) to accustom Tags: transitive Synonyms: wennan
    Sense id: en-wenian-ang-verb-VRKxRYeh Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Alternative forms

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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "wenen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: wenen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: wenen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "wean"
          },
          "expansion": "English: wean",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: wean"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "wain"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: wain",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: wain"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*wanjaną",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to accustom, be used to"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "wennia"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian wennia",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "wennian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon wennian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "wennen"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch wennen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "wennen"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German wennen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gewöhnen"
      },
      "expansion": "German gewöhnen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "venja"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse venja",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "vænne"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish vænne",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "vänja"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish vänja",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *wanjaną (“to accustom, be used to”). Cognate with Old Frisian wennia, Old Saxon wennian (Dutch wennen), Old High German wennen (German gewöhnen), Old Norse venja (Danish vænne, Swedish vänja).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weniġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weniaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weniġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weniġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wena",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weniaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weniende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġewenod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "wenian",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wenian<w2>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He remembers hall-men and takings of treasures,\nhow his goldfriend accustomed him\nto feast on youth. Mirth has completely perished.",
          "ref": "10th century, The Wanderer:",
          "text": "Ġemon hē seleseċġas · ond sincþege,\nhū hine on ġeoguðe · his goldwine\nwenede tō wiste · Wyn eal ġedrēas.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to accustom"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "accustom",
          "accustom"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to accustom"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "wennan"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwe.ni.ɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wenian"
}
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  "descendants": [
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "wenen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: wenen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: wenen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "wean"
          },
          "expansion": "English: wean",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: wean"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "wain"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: wain",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: wain"
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "to accustom, be used to"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "wennia"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian wennia",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "wennian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon wennian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "wennen"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch wennen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "wennen"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German wennen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gewöhnen"
      },
      "expansion": "German gewöhnen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "venja"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse venja",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "vænne"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish vænne",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "vänja"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish vänja",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *wanjaną (“to accustom, be used to”). Cognate with Old Frisian wennia, Old Saxon wennian (Dutch wennen), Old High German wennen (German gewöhnen), Old Norse venja (Danish vænne, Swedish vänja).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weniġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weniaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weniġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weniġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wena",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weniaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weniende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wenod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġewenod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "wenian",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wenian<w2>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "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-Indo-European",
        "Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wenh₁-",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Old English transitive verbs",
        "Old English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He remembers hall-men and takings of treasures,\nhow his goldfriend accustomed him\nto feast on youth. Mirth has completely perished.",
          "ref": "10th century, The Wanderer:",
          "text": "Ġemon hē seleseċġas · ond sincþege,\nhū hine on ġeoguðe · his goldwine\nwenede tō wiste · Wyn eal ġedrēas.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to accustom"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "accustom",
          "accustom"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to accustom"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwe.ni.ɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "wennan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wenian"
}

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