Wáwan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wáwan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: bi-wáwan. wawan

Definitions

1 wáwan

p. weów; pp. wáwen To blow, be moved by the wind :-- Hnescre ic eom micle halsrefeþre, seó hér on winde wǽweþ on lyfte, Exon. Th. 426, 30; Rä. 41, 81. [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.]

Runic Inscription

ᚹᚪᚹᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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