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Old English
Etymology
From earlier wœpan, from Proto-West Germanic *wōpijan, Proto-Germanic *wōpijaną. Cognate with Old Frisian wēpa, Old Saxon wōpian, Old High German wuofan, Old Norse ǿpa.
Pronunciation
Verb
wēpan
- to weep
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
þā wēop sē cyning and þancode gode his gōdan wyllan.- Then the king wept and thanked God for his good will.
- to complain, bewail
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