wanian

From Proto-West Germanic *wanōn, from Proto-Germanic *wanōną, *wanāną (“to lessen”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑ.ni.ɑn/

wanian

2. (transitive, intransitive) to shrink or lessen
3. (transitive) to impair; infringe, annul

• īeċan (“to increase”)
• weaxan (“to grow”)

• ġewanian

• Middle English: wanien, wanen
  • English: wane
  • Scots: wan, wane

From Proto-West Germanic *wainōn, from Proto-Germanic *wainōną (“to cry, weep”). Cognate with Old High German weinōn (“to weep”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑː.ni.ɑn/

wānian

2. to complain, bewail, lament, bemoan

   Synonym: cwānian

• Middle English: wanien, weinen, wonien, wonen
  • English: ween (Northern England)
  • Scots: ween

From Proto-West Germanic *wānijan.

wānian

1. to believe
2. to imagine
3. to hope

• Low German: wahnen