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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *blīkaną.
Verb
*blīkan[1]
- to shine
Inflection
Strong class 1
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Infinitive
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*blīkan
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1st sg. past
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*blaik
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3rd pl. past
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*blikun
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Past ptcple
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*blikan
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Infinitive
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*blīkan
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Genitive infin.
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*blīkannjas
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Dative infin.
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*blīkannjē
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Instrum. infin.
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*blīkannju
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Indicative
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Present
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Past
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1st singular
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*blīku
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*blaik
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2nd singular
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*blīkiʀi
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*blikī
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3rd singular
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*blīkidi
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*blaik
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1st plural
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*blīkum
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*blikum
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2nd plural
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*blīkid
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*blikud
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3rd plural
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*blīkand
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*blikun
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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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*blīkē
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*blikī
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2nd singular
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*blīkēs
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*blikī
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3rd singular
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*blīkē
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*blikī
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1st plural
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*blīkēm
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*blikīm
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2nd plural
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*blīkēþ
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*blikīd
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3rd plural
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*blīkēn
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*blikīn
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Imperative
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Present
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Singular
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*blīk
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Plural
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*blīkid
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Present
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Past
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Participle
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*blīkandī
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*blikan
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Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 130: “PWGmc *blīkan”