acwinan

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Old English

Etymology

From ā- +‎ *cwinan, the latter from Proto-Germanic *kwīnaną (“to expire, wither”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑːˈkwiː.nɑn/

Verb

ācwīnan

to dwindle, waste away

Conjugation

Conjugation of ācwīnan (strong class 1)

indicative mood	present tense	past tense
infinitive	ācwīnan	ācwīnenne
first person singular	ācwīne	ācwān
second person singular	ācwīnst	ācwine
third person singular	ācwīnþ	ācwān
plural	ācwīnaþ	ācwinon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ācwīne	ācwine
plural	ācwīnen	ācwinen
imperative
singular	ācwīn
plural	ācwīnaþ
participle	present	past
	ācwīnende	ācwinen

References

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

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