- áwenian
- wv/t2 to disaccustom, wean
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
áwenian
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geþáwenian — see geþwǽnan … Old to modern English dictionary
áwænian — see áwenian … Old to modern English dictionary
wean — O.E. wenian to accustom, from P.Gmc. *wanjanan (Cf. O.N. venja, Du. wennen, O.H.G. giwennan, Ger. gewöhnen to accustom ), from *wanaz accustomed (related to WONT (Cf. wont)). The sense of weaning a child from the breast in O.E. was generally… … Etymology dictionary
tā-, tǝ-; tāi-, tǝi-, tī̆ -; (tāu-), tǝu-, tū̆- — tā , tǝ ; tāi , tǝi , tī̆ ; [tāu ], tǝu , tū̆ English meaning: to melt, dissipate, decay Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schmelzen, sich auflösen (fließen), hinschwinden (Moder, verwesendes)” Material: A. Osset. thayun “tauen, melt”… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
wean — wean1 [wēn] vt. [ME wenen < OE wenian, to accustom, train, with sense of awenian, to wean < a (< af , away) + wenian < IE base * wen , to desire, attain, be satisfied > L venus, love] 1. to cause (a child or young animal) to become … English World dictionary
wean´er — wean1 «ween», transitive verb. 1. to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than its mother s milk. 2. Figurative. to accustom (a person) to do without something; cause to turn away: »He was sent ay to school to wean him from bad… … Useful english dictionary
