houwan

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hawwaną, whence also Old English hēawan (English hew), Old Norse hǫggva.

Verb

houwan (preterite singular hio or hiu, preterite plural hiewun or hiuwen, past participle gihouwan)[1]

  1. to hew

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  1. Braune, Wilhelm (1955), Althochdeutsche Grammatik, 8. Auflage, bearbeitet von Walther Mitzka, Halle (Saale): Niemeyer, p. 317, § 354, Anm. 2.
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