weven

From Middle Dutch wēven, from Old Dutch wevan, from Proto-West Germanic *weban, from Proto-Germanic *webaną, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋeː.və(n)/

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• Hyphenation: we‧ven

weven

1. (transitive, intransitive) to weave

• Afrikaans: weef, wewe

From Old Dutch wevan, from Proto-West Germanic *weban.

wēven

1. to weave

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: weven
  • Afrikaans: weef, wewe
• Limburgish: waeve

• “weven (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “weven (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Inherited from Old English wefan. The past forms are sometimes influenced by Old Norse vefa.

• ueve, wefe, weve, wevyn, wewen, wyven

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛ̞ːvən/

weven

1. To interlace; to weave:
   1. To weave (interlace thread).
   2. To make a spiderweb or cobweb.
   3. To interlace sticks (into a structure).
2. To ornament with sewing or needlework.
3. To put together; to build.
4. (rare, figurative) To cast a shadow.
5. (rare) To ensnare in conflict.

This verb sometimes appears as a weak verb, but this is uncommon and late.

• wevere
• wevynge

• English: weave
• Scots: weave, wyve

• “wēven, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 June 2018.

From Old Norse veifa and Old English wǣfan, both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *waibijaną.

• wefe, weve

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛ̝ːvən/

weven

1. To weave about; to move erratically.
2. To move or travel; to go.
3. To dismember; to decapitate.
4. To cause to move; to disrupt something's position.
5. To surrender; to acknowledge defeat.
6. To enclose; to surround with material.
7. (rare) To renounce or forego an action.
8. (rare) To indicate or wave towards.
9. (rare) To cause agony or anguish.

• English: weave

• “wēven, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 June 2018.
• “wēven, v.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 June 2018.