spewen

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English spīwan (strong class 1).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspiu̯ən/

Verb

spewen (third-person singular simple present speweth, present participle spewende, spewynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle spewed)

  1. To spew (regurgitate partially-digested food)
  2. To spit (eject spit from the mouth)

Usage notes

  • Strong forms of the verb are rare. The early past tense form speaw and the rare past participle form spowen show influence of class 2 verbs such as brewen and rewen.

Conjugation

Conjugation of spewen (weak in -ed or strong class 2)
infinitive (to) spewen, spewe
present tense past tense
1st-person singular spewe spewed
2nd-person singular spewest spewedest
3rd-person singular speweth spewed
subjunctive singular spewe spewed1
imperative singular —
plural3 spewen, spewe speweden, spewede
imperative plural speweth, spewe —
participles spewynge, spewende spewed, spowen, spowe, yspewed

1 Later replaced by the indicative.
2 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: spew
  • Scots: spew

References

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