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wanian

wanian

Old English

Verb

wānian

to complain, bewail, lament, bemoan

Conjugation

Conjugation of wānian (weak class 2)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	wānian	tō wānianne
1st-person singular	wānie wāniġe	wānode
2nd-person singular	wānast	wānodest
3rd-person singular	wānaþ	wānode
plural	wāniaþ wāniġaþ	wānodon
subjunctive	present	past
singular	wānie wāniġe	wānode
plural	wānien wāniġen	wānoden
imperative
singular	wāna
plural	wāniaþ wāniġaþ
participle	present	past
	wāniende wāniġende	(ġe)wānod

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *wanōną, *wanāną ‎(“to lessen”).

Verb

wanian

(transitive) to diminish, lessen, curtail, injure, impair, take from; infringe, annul
(intransitive) to diminish, dwindle, decline, fade, decay; wane

Conjugation

Conjugation of wanian (weak class 2)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	wanian	tō wanianne
1st-person singular	wanie waniġe	wanode
2nd-person singular	wanast	wanodest
3rd-person singular	wanaþ	wanode
plural	waniaþ waniġaþ	wanodon
subjunctive	present	past
singular	wanie waniġe	wanode
plural	wanien waniġen	wanoden
imperative
singular	wana
plural	waniaþ waniġaþ
participle	present	past
	waniende waniġende	(ġe)wanod

Descendants

Middle English: wanien, wanen
- Scots: wan, wane
- English: wane

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wēnijaną.

Verb

wānian

to believe
to imagine
to hope

Conjugation

Conjugation of wānian (weak class 1)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	wānian
1st person singular	wāniu	wānda
2nd person singular	wānis	wāndes
3rd person singular	wānid	wānda
plural	wāniad	wāndun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	wānie	wāndi
2nd person singular	wānies	wāndis
3rd person singular	wānie	wāndi
plural	wānien	wāndin
imperative	present
singular	wāni
plural	wāniad
participle	present	past
	wāniandi	giwānid, wānid

Descendants

Low German: wahnen