ceowan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *keuwan, from Proto-Germanic *kewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-. Cognate with Old High German kiuwan (German kauen), and also Old Norse tyggva, tyggja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe͜oː.wɑn/

Verb

ċēowan

1. to chew
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Đā ongunnon ealle ðā nǣddran tō ċēowenne heora flæsċ and heora blōd sucan, þæt hī þæt āttor ūt ātugon

     Then all the snakes began to chew their flesh and suck their blood in order to draw out the venom.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ċēowan (strong, class II)

infinitive	ċēowan	ċēowenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ċēowe	ċēaw
second person singular	ċīewst	cuwe
third person singular	ċīewþ	ċēaw
plural	ċēowaþ	cuwon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ċēowe	cuwe
plural	ċēowen	cuwen
imperative
singular	ċēow
plural	ċēowaþ
participle	present	past
	ċēowende	(ġe)cowen

Related terms

• *ċēowe
• *ġeċēaw
• ġecow

Descendants

• Middle English: chewen, chewe, chyewe, cheowen, chiewe, chiewen, chiwen, chowen, chuen, chawen, chewwenn (Ormulum)
  • English: chew
    • → Pennsylvania German: tschaae
  • Scots: chow, chaw