"wæþan" meaning in Old English

See wæþan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *waiþijan, from Proto-Germanic *waiþijaną (“to hunt, pursue, graze, feed”). Cognate with Dutch weiden (“to graze”) and Icelandic veiða (“to hunt, fish”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*waiþijan}} Proto-West Germanic *waiþijan, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*waiþijaną|t=to hunt, pursue, graze, feed}} Proto-Germanic *waiþijaną (“to hunt, pursue, graze, feed”), {{cog|nl|weiden|t=to graze}} Dutch weiden (“to graze”), {{cog|is|veiða|t=to hunt, fish}} Icelandic veiða (“to hunt, fish”) Head templates: {{ang-verb|head=wǣþan}} wǣþan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|wǣþan<w1>}} Forms: wǣþan [canonical], weak [table-tags], wǣþan [infinitive], wǣþenne [infinitive], wǣþe [first-person, present, singular], wǣþde [first-person, past, singular], wǣþest [present, second-person, singular], wǣst [present, second-person, singular], wǣþdest [past, second-person, singular], wǣþeþ [present, singular, third-person], wǣþþ [present, singular, third-person], wǣþ [present, singular, third-person], wǣþde [past, singular, third-person], wǣþaþ [plural, present], wǣþdon [past, plural], wǣþe [present, singular], wǣþde [past, singular], wǣþen [plural, present], wǣþden [past, plural], wǣþ [imperative, past, present, singular], wǣþaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], wǣþende [imperative, present], wǣþed [imperative, past], ġewǣþed [imperative, past], wēþan [alternative, Anglian]
  1. to hunt, pursue, chase Related terms: wāþ, wǣþeburne
    Sense id: en-wæþan-ang-verb-tVPwRqO3 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
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      },
      "expansion": "Dutch weiden (“to graze”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "veiða",
        "t": "to hunt, fish"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *waiþijan, from Proto-Germanic *waiþijaną (“to hunt, pursue, graze, feed”). Cognate with Dutch weiden (“to graze”) and Icelandic veiða (“to hunt, fish”).",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "wǣþan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wǣþenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wǣþe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "third-person"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "wǣþaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wǣþdon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wǣþe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wǣþde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wǣþen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wǣþden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wǣþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wǣþaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wǣþende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wǣþed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġewǣþed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēþan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Anglian"
      ]
    }
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        "head": "wǣþan"
      },
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  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "wǣþan<w1>"
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  "pos": "verb",
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          "parents": [],
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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        "to hunt, pursue, chase"
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        {
          "word": "wǣþeburne"
        }
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  ],
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}

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      },
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        "t": "to hunt, fish"
      },
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    }
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      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "wǣþenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wǣþe",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
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    {
      "form": "wǣþde",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wǣþest",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "wǣþþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "wǣþde",
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    {
      "form": "wǣþaþ",
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        "present"
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      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "wǣþde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wǣþen",
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      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wǣþden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "wǣþ",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wǣþende",
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      "tags": [
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wǣþed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġewǣþed",
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      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "wēþan",
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        "Anglian"
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "to hunt, pursue, chase"
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        ]
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  ],
  "word": "wæþan"
}

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