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wáwan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
wáwan, p. weów; pp. wáwen
Wright's OE grammar
§120; §264; §517;
To blow, be moved by the wind
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  • Hnescre ic eom micle halsrefeþre, seó hér on winde wǽweþ on lyfte,

      Exon. Th. 426, 30; Rä. 41, 81.
Etymology
[Mine lokes. . . me wes lef to showen, þe wind hem wolde towowen, Anglia iii. 279, 89. Goth. waian to blow (of the wind): O. H. Ger. wájan (waen) ventilare, spirare.]
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v. bi-wáwan.
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