adawen

Middle English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈdau̯ən/

Etymology 1

From a- +‎ dawen (“to dawn”).

Alternative forms

a-dawe, adawe, a-dawen

Verb

adawen (third-person singular simple present adaweth, present participle adawende, adawynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle adawed) (poetic, especially Lydgate)

To dawn; to start brightening.
(of weather) To clear or dissipate.
(figuratively, of emotions) To emerge or arise.
(figuratively) To emerge from rest or injury.

Conjugation

Conjugation of *adawen* (weak in -ed)
	present tense	past tense
infinitive	(to) adawen, adawe

1st-person singular	adawe	adawed
2nd-person singular	adawest	adawedest
3rd-person singular	adaweth	adawed
subjunctive singular	adawe	adawed
imperative singular	adawe	—

plural¹	adawen, adawe	adaweden, adawede
imperative plural	adaweth, adawe	—

participles	adawynge, adawende	adawed

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

Descendants

English: adaw (obsolete)

References

“adauen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From adawe (“dead, nonexistent”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Verb

adawen (third-person singular simple present adaweth, present participle adawende, adawynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle adawed)

(rare, Late Middle English, poetic) To terminate; to defeat.

Conjugation

Conjugation of *adawen* (weak in -ed)
	present tense	past tense
infinitive	(to) adawen, adawe

1st-person singular	adawe	adawed
2nd-person singular	adawest	adawedest
3rd-person singular	adaweth	adawed
subjunctive singular	adawe	adawed
imperative singular	adawe	—

plural¹	adawen, adawe	adaweden, adawede
imperative plural	adaweth, adawe	—

participles	adawynge, adawende	adawed

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

Descendants

English: adaw (obsolete)

References

“adauen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.