wansian in Old English

IPA: /ˈwɑn.si.ɑn/, [ˈwɑn.zi.ɑn] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *wansōn, a variant of *wanisōn, from Proto-Germanic *wanisōną (“to lessen”). Equivalent to wana + -sian. Alternatively, perhaps borrowed from cognate Old Norse vansa (“to suffer loss”) or derived from Old Norse vansi (“lack, want”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro||*wansōn}} Proto-West Germanic *wansōn, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*wanisōną|t=to lessen}} Proto-Germanic *wanisōną (“to lessen”), {{af|ang|wana|-sian}} wana + -sian, {{bor|ang|non|vansa|t=to suffer loss}} Old Norse vansa (“to suffer loss”), {{der|ang|non|vansi|t=lack, want}} Old Norse vansi (“lack, want”) Head templates: {{head|ang|verb}} wansian Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|wansian<w2>}} Forms: weak [table-tags], wansian [infinitive], wansienne [infinitive], wansiġe [first-person, present, singular], wansode [first-person, past, singular], wansast [present, second-person, singular], wansodest [past, second-person, singular], wansaþ [present, singular, third-person], wansode [past, singular, third-person], wansiaþ [plural, present], wansodon [past, plural], wansiġe [present, singular], wansode [past, singular], wansiġen [plural, present], wansoden [past, plural], wansa [imperative, past, present, singular], wansiaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], wansiende [imperative, present], wansod [imperative, past], ġewansod [imperative, past]

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "wansen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: wansen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: wansen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "wanse"
          },
          "expansion": "English: wanse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: wanse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "wanze"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: wanze",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: wanze"
    }
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
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        "t": "to lessen"
      },
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    },
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        "2": "wana",
        "3": "-sian"
      },
      "expansion": "wana + -sian",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
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        "3": "vansa",
        "t": "to suffer loss"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse vansa (“to suffer loss”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "vansi",
        "t": "lack, want"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse vansi (“lack, want”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *wansōn, a variant of *wanisōn, from Proto-Germanic *wanisōną (“to lessen”). Equivalent to wana + -sian. Alternatively, perhaps borrowed from cognate Old Norse vansa (“to suffer loss”) or derived from Old Norse vansi (“lack, want”).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "weak",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansiġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansiende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġewansod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "wansian",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wansian<w2>"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "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": "Old English terms suffixed with -sian",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "āwansian"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to diminish"
      ],
      "id": "en-wansian-ang-verb-FGrUZNDs",
      "links": [
        [
          "diminish",
          "diminish"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɑn.si.ɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwɑn.zi.ɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wansian"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "āwansian"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "wansen"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "wanse"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "wanze"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    }
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      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *wansōn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "t": "to lessen"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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      "name": "af"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "vansa",
        "t": "to suffer loss"
      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "vansi",
        "t": "lack, want"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *wansōn, a variant of *wanisōn, from Proto-Germanic *wanisōną (“to lessen”). Equivalent to wana + -sian. Alternatively, perhaps borrowed from cognate Old Norse vansa (“to suffer loss”) or derived from Old Norse vansi (“lack, want”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansiġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansiende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wansod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġewansod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "wansian",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wansian<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 borrowed from Old Norse",
        "Old English terms derived from Old Norse",
        "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 suffixed with -sian",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to diminish"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "diminish",
          "diminish"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɑn.si.ɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwɑn.zi.ɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wansian"
}

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"wansian" meaning in Old English

Verb

Inflected forms