spiwan

spiwan

1. alternative form of spewen

From Proto-West Germanic *spīwan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈspiː.wɑn/

spīwan

1. to vomit, spew
2. to spit
   • late 9th century, Old English Martyrology

     Herodes hēt tīon þā ċild of hira mōdor brēostum ond bōsmum, ond þonne man þā ċild cwealde, þonne spiwon hīe þā meoloc ǣr þæt blōd.

     Herod ordered that the children be torn from their mothers' breasts and bosoms, and when they were killed they spat out the milk before the blood.

• āspīwan

• spēowan
• spiwian

• Middle English: spewen, speouwen, spew, spewe, spiewen, spiwan, spue, spuen, spuwe
  • English: spew
  • Scots: spew

From Proto-West Germanic *spīwan.

spīwan

1. to spew
2. to spit
   • 9th c. Heliand, verse 5494

     ...endi im undar is ōgun spīwun,...

     ...and they spat at him under his eyes,...

• Middle Low German: spîgen, spîen, spiggen
  • Low German: spiien, speen
  • Plautdietsch: spieen