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waggen

waggen

Middle English

Verb

waggen (third-person singular simple present waggeth, present participle waggende, simple past and past participle wagged)

  1. to move to and fro, up and down,
  2. to walk around, wander
  3. to stagger, totter, sway
  4. to waver, vacillate

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References

  1. ↑ ENTRY: wegh- The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. Appendix I. Indo-European Roots

Etymology

Cognate with Old English, Old High German wegan "to move, carry, weigh," Dutch wagen, wegen, German bewegen, wiegen, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish vagga "to rock," Latin vehere "to carry." See also: [1]

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