wunian

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Contents 1 Old English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Conjugation 1.3.2 Descendants

[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

Proto-Germanic *wunōjan. Cognate with Old Frisian wunia, Old Saxon wunon (Dutch wonen), Old High German wonēn (German wohnen), Old Norse una.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈwuniɑn/

[edit] Verb

wunian

1. to reside, to dwell

   Ðu geond holt wunast: you shall live in the woods. (Cædmon's Metrical Paraphrase)

2. to stay or remain

   Lucia on ðære ylcan stowe wunode ðe heo ofslagen wæs: Lucia still lay in the same place she was struck down. (Ælfric's Lives of Saints)

3. to live in, to inhabit
4. to be used or accustomed to something

   Hafuc sceal on glofe wilde gewunian: the wild hawk must grow used to the glove. (Maxims II)

[edit] Conjugation

Class 2 weak
present	singular	plural
1st person	wuniġe	wuniaþ
2nd person	wunast
3rd person	wunaþ
subjunctive	wuniġe	wunien
preterite	singular	plural
1st person	wunode	wunodon
2nd person	wunodest
3rd person	wunode
subjunctive	wunode	wunoden
imperative	singular	plural
	wuna	wuniaþ
participle	present	past
	wuniende	(ġe)wunod

[edit] Descendants

• English won, wone