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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *dagāną. Equivalent to *dag (“day”) + *-ēn.
Verb
*dagēn[1]
- to dawn, to become day
Inflection
| Class 3 weak
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| Infinitive
|
*dagēn
|
| 1st sg. past
|
*dag?dā
|
| Infinitive
|
*dagēn
|
| Genitive infin.
|
*dagēnijas
|
| Dative infin.
|
*dagēnijē
|
| Instrum. infin.
|
*dagēniju
|
| Indicative
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Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*dagē
|
*dag?dā
|
| 2nd singular
|
*dagēs
|
*dag?dēs, *dag?dēs
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| 3rd singular
|
*dagēþ
|
*dag?dē, *dag?dā
|
| 1st plural
|
*dagēm
|
*dag?dum
|
| 2nd plural
|
*dagēþ
|
*dag?dud
|
| 3rd plural
|
*dagēnþ
|
*dag?dun
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| Subjunctive
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*dagē
|
*dag?dī
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| 2nd singular
|
*dagēs
|
*dag?dī
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| 3rd singular
|
*dagē
|
*dag?dī
|
| 1st plural
|
*dagēm
|
*dag?dīm
|
| 2nd plural
|
*dagēþ
|
*dag?dīd
|
| 3rd plural
|
*dagēn
|
*dag?dīn
|
| Imperative
|
Present
|
|
| Singular
|
*dagē
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| Plural
|
*dagēþ
|
|
|
Present
|
Past
|
| Participle
|
*dagēndī
|
*dag?d
|
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 191: “PWGmc *dagē-”
