folwen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• folwien, folewen, folowen, foluwen, volewen, folȝen, foleȝen, folien, filȝen, filiȝen, filien, fulien, vulen, vulien, feolien, felowen

Etymology

From Old English folgian, from Proto-West Germanic *folgēn, from Proto-Germanic *fulgāną.

Verb

folwen (third-person singular simple present folweth, present participle folwende, folwynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle folwed)

1. to follow

Conjugation

Conjugation of folwen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) folwen, folwe
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	folwe	folwed
2nd-person singular	folwest	folwedest
3rd-person singular	folweth	folwed
subjunctive singular	folwe
imperative singular		—
plural1	folwen, folwe	folweden, folwede
imperative plural	folweth, folwe	—
participles	folwynge, folwende	folwed, yfolwed

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: follow
• Scots: follae, folȝe, folow, falow

References

• “folwen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.