flowan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *flōan, from Proto-Germanic *flōaną, from Proto-Indo-European *plew-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfloː.wɑn/

Verb

flōwan

1. to flow

Conjugation

Conjugation of flōwan (strong, class VII)

infinitive	flōwan	flōwenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	flōwe	flēow
second person singular	flēwst	flēowe
third person singular	flēwþ	flēow
plural	flōwaþ	flēowon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	flōwe	flēowe
plural	flōwen	flēowen
imperative
singular	flōw
plural	flōwaþ
participle	present	past
	flōwende	(ġe)flōwen

Derived terms

• āflōwan
• beflōwan
• forþflōwan
• ġeflōwan
• ġeondflōwan
• oferflōwan
• offlōwan
• tōflōwan
• underflōwan

Related terms

• flēwsa

Descendants

• Middle English: flowen, floȝen, flouen, flowe, flue, flwy, flowenn (Ormulum)
  • English: flow
  • Scots: flow, flou

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “flowan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.