eanian
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Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *aunōn, from Proto-Germanic *aunōną. Cognate with Dutch onen (“to yean”) and Swedish öna (“to give birth to, yean”).
Verb
[edit]ēanian
- to give birth (to lambs)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of ēanian (weak class 2)
| infinitive | ēanian | ēanienne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
| first person singular | ēaniġe | ēanode |
| second person singular | ēanast | ēanodest |
| third person singular | ēanaþ | ēanode |
| plural | ēaniaþ | ēanodon |
| subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
| singular | ēaniġe | ēanode |
| plural | ēaniġen | ēanoden |
| imperative | ||
| singular | ēana | |
| plural | ēaniaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| ēaniende | (ġe)ēanod | |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ēanian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.