hwinan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwīnaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxwiː.nɑn/, [ˈʍiː.nɑn]

Verb

hwīnan

1. to make a whistling or whizzing sound
   • Widsith

     Full oft of þām hēape hwīnende flēag ġiellende gār.

     Very often from the band shrieking spears flew whistling.

   • c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints, "The Forty Soldiers, Martyrs"

     Sē foresæġda mere wæs mid froste oferþeaht, and sē winterlīca wind hwān [handġewrit: ⟨wan⟩] mid þām froste.

     The lake was frozen over with ice, and the winter wind howled with the frost.

Conjugation

Conjugation of hwīnan (strong class 1)

infinitive	hwīnan	hwīnenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	hwīne	hwān
second person singular	hwīnst	hwine
third person singular	hwīnþ	hwān
plural	hwīnaþ	hwinon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	hwīne	hwine
plural	hwīnen	hwinen
imperative
singular	hwīn
plural	hwīnaþ
participle	present	past
	hwīnende	(ġe)hwinen

Descendants

• Middle English: whynen
  • English: whine