aswagen
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Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French asuagier, from Vulgar Latin *assuaviō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]aswagen
- To cure or assuage; to give relief (especially used with injury or harm)
- To pacify; to cause to relax or calm.
- To become calm or assuaged; to be rid of one's ills.
- To become smaller, diminish, or shrink.
- (rare) To cause to become smaller, diminish or shrink.
- (rare) To stop one's harassment or harrying.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of aswagen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “as(s)wāǧen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-2.