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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *brannijaną.
Verb
*brannijan[1]
- to cause to burn, set on fire
Inflection
| Class 1 weak
|
| Infinitive
|
*brannijan
|
| 1st sg. past
|
*brannidā
|
| Infinitive
|
*brannijan
|
| Genitive infin.
|
*brannijannjas
|
| Dative infin.
|
*brannijannjē
|
| Instrum. infin.
|
*brannijannju
|
| Indicative
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*branniju
|
*brannidā
|
| 2nd singular
|
*brannisi
|
*brannidēs, *brannidōs
|
| 3rd singular
|
*branniþi
|
*brannidē, *brannidā
|
| 1st plural
|
*brannijum
|
*brannidum
|
| 2nd plural
|
*branniþ
|
*brannidud
|
| 3rd plural
|
*brannijanþ
|
*brannidun
|
| Subjunctive
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*brannijē
|
*brannidī
|
| 2nd singular
|
*brannijēs
|
*brannidī
|
| 3rd singular
|
*brannijē
|
*brannidī
|
| 1st plural
|
*brannijēm
|
*brannidīm
|
| 2nd plural
|
*brannijēþ
|
*brannidīd
|
| 3rd plural
|
*brannijēn
|
*brannidīn
|
| Imperative
|
Present
|
|
| Singular
|
*branni
|
| Plural
|
*branniþ
|
|
|
Present
|
Past
|
| Participle
|
*brannijandī
|
*brannid
|
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 229: “PWGmc *brannijan”
