siwian

== Old English == === Alternative forms === seowian, sēowan === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *siwjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sīw-. Cognate with Old Frisian sīa, Old High German siuwen, Old Norse sýja (Danish sy, Swedish sy), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 (siujan); and with Latin suō, Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humḗn). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsi.wi.ɑn/ Rhymes: -i.wi.ɑn === Verb === siwian to sew ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: sewen, seowen, sowen English: sew→ Akolet: sewim Scots: sew === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “seowian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.