awunian

Old English

Etymology

By surface analysis, ā- +‎ wunian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈwu.ni.ɑn/

Verb

āwunian

1. to abide
2. to remain, continue
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     Þēos sibb āwunade on Crīstes cyriċan...ōþ ðā tīde þe sē Arrianisċa gėdweolda ārās.

     This peace persisted in Christ's church...until the time that the Arian heresy arose.

3. to insist

Conjugation

Conjugation of āwunian (weak class 2)

infinitive	āwunian	āwunienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	āwuniġe	āwunode
second person singular	āwunast	āwunodest
third person singular	āwunaþ	āwunode
plural	āwuniaþ	āwunodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	āwuniġe	āwunode
plural	āwuniġen	āwunoden
imperative
singular	āwuna
plural	āwuniaþ
participle	present	past
	āwuniende	āwunod

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “a-wunian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.