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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *bi- + *falþan.
Verb
*bifalþan[1]
- to envelop, to wrap
Inflection
| Strong class 7c
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| Infinitive
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*bifalþan
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| 1st sg. past
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*bifealþ
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| 3rd pl. past
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*bifealdun
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| Past ptcple
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*bifaldan
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| Infinitive
|
*bifalþan
|
| Genitive infin.
|
*bifalþannjas
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| Dative infin.
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*bifalþannjē
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| Instrum. infin.
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*bifalþannju
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| Indicative
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Present
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Past
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| 1st singular
|
*bifalþu
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*bifealþ
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| 2nd singular
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*bifalþiʀi
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*bifealdī
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| 3rd singular
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*bifalþidi
|
*bifealþ
|
| 1st plural
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*bifalþum
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*bifealdum
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| 2nd plural
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*bifalþid
|
*bifealdud
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| 3rd plural
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*bifalþand
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*bifealdun
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| Subjunctive
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Present
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Past
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| 1st singular
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*bifalþē
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*bifealdī
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| 2nd singular
|
*bifalþēs
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*bifealdī
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| 3rd singular
|
*bifalþē
|
*bifealdī
|
| 1st plural
|
*bifalþēm
|
*bifealdīm
|
| 2nd plural
|
*bifalþēþ
|
*bifealdīd
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| 3rd plural
|
*bifalþēn
|
*bifealdīn
|
| Imperative
|
Present
|
|
| Singular
|
*bifalþ
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| Plural
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*bifalþid
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|
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Present
|
Past
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| Participle
|
*bifalþandī
|
*bifaldan
|
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 244: “PWGmc *bifalþan”
