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 ===== ===== 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 ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: adaw (obsolete) ===== References ===== “adauen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.