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See also: wéien
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle High German wigen, north-western variant of wegen with generalisation of the -i- of the present singular forms, from Old High German wegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan.
Cognate with German wiegen, Dutch wegen, English weigh, Danish veje, Icelandic vega. The Luxembourgish verb developed regularly as wigen > *wīen > weien. As still in leien, the original conjugation must have been weien, *wäit, *geweeën; but the forms were adapted by analogy with such verbs as dreiwen, dreift, gedriwwen.
Verb
weien (third-person singular present weit, past participle gewien, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to weigh, to measure the weight of
- (intransitive) to weigh, to have a certain weight
Conjugation
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
Derived terms
- iwwerweien
- noweien
- ofweien
- opweien
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Etymology 2
From Middle High German and Old High German wīhen, from Proto-West Germanic *wīhijan. Cognate with German weihen, Swedish viga, Icelandic vígja.
Verb
weien (third-person singular present weit, past participle geweit, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive, Christianity) to consecrate, to hallow
Conjugation
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
Derived terms
- aweien
Related terms
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Middle English
Verb
weien
- alternative form of weyen (“to weigh”)
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