aswebban

Old English

FWOTD – 20 August 2017

Etymology

ā- +‎ swebban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈsweb.bɑn/

Verb

āswebban

1. to lull, pacify, calm
2. to annul, destroy

Conjugation

Conjugation of āswebban (weak class 1)

infinitive	āswebban	āswebbenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	āswebbe	āswefede
second person singular	āswefest	āswefedest
third person singular	āswefeþ	āswefede
plural	āswebbaþ	āswefedon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	āswebbe	āswefede
plural	āswebben	āswefeden
imperative
singular	āswefe
plural	āswebbaþ
participle	present	past
	āswebbende	āswefed

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “aswebban”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.