wepen

Inherited from Old English wǣpn, wēpn, from Proto-West Germanic *wāpn, from Proto-Germanic *wēpną; forms with /aː/, /a/ are possibly from or influenced by Old Norse vápn.

The form wepne was originally a plural (from wǣpnu and dissimilation of wepnen), but is often used as a singular, though some instances can be intepreted in either way.

• wepne, wepyn; wapon, weapon, wepene, wepon, weppen (Late Middle English)
• wapen, wapyn (Northern); wæpenn (Ormulum)

• IPA^(key): /ˈweːpən/, /ˈwɛːpən/, /-pnə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛpən/, /ˈwɛpnə/ (with shortening before /pn/)
• IPA^(key): /ˈwaːpən/, /ˈwapən/ (Northern)

wepen (plural wepnes or wepen or (mostly early) wepnen)

1. A weapon; an tool of violence:
   1. Something adopted as a weapon.
   2. (in the plural) Weaponry, armaments.
2. (figuratively) A spiritual technique ("weapon")
3. (figuratively, rare) The penis.

• English: weapon
• Middle Scots: wapyn, wapoun, wappin
  • Scots: wappen, wappin

• “wē̆pen, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Inherited from Old English wēpan, from Proto-West Germanic *wōpijan, from Proto-Germanic *wōpijaną.

Forms with /øː/ are due to the rounding influence of /w/, levelled from the simple past (Old English wēop), or from a combination of both sources.

• wepe; weepe, wepyn (Late Middle English)
• wep (Northern); wepenn (Ormulum); weopen (Worcestershire)

• IPA^(key): /ˈweːpən/
• IPA^(key): /ˈwøːpən/ (Southern, Southwest Midland, less common)

wepen (third-person singular simple present wepeth, present participle wepynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative wep, past participle wopen)

1. To weep (cry or produce tears):
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎^[1], published c. 1410, Joon 11:35-36, page 50v; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     and ıḣc wepte / þ̇foꝛ þe iewis ſeıden / lo hou he louyde hym

     And Jesus wept. Then the Jews said, "Look how he loved him!"

   1. To weep in religious penitence.
   2. To emit water or drops of liquid.
   3. (pathology) To ooze; to produce secretions.
2. To lament or complain (especially tearfully).
   1. To lament or weep about.
   2. To suffer (in worldly existence)
3. (of tears) To run or flow.

• English: weep
• Middle Scots: weip, wepe
  • Scots: weep

• “wẹ̄pen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.