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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gastīganą. Equivalent to *ga- + *stīgan.
Verb
*gastīgan[1]
- to climb onto/into
Inflection
Strong class 1
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Infinitive
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*gastīgan
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1st sg. past
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*gastaig
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3rd pl. past
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*gastigun
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Past ptcple
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*gastigan
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Infinitive
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*gastīgan
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Genitive infin.
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*gastīgannjas
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Dative infin.
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*gastīgannjē
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Instrum. infin.
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*gastīgannju
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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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*gastīgu
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*gastaig
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2nd singular
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*gastīgiʀi
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*gastigī
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3rd singular
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*gastīgidi
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*gastaig
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1st plural
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*gastīgum
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*gastigum
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2nd plural
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*gastīgid
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*gastigud
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3rd plural
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*gastīgand
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*gastigun
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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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*gastīgē
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*gastigī
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2nd singular
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*gastīgēs
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*gastigī
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3rd singular
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*gastīgē
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*gastigī
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1st plural
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*gastīgēm
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*gastigīm
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2nd plural
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*gastīgēþ
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*gastigīd
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3rd plural
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*gastīgēn
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*gastigīn
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Imperative
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Present
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Singular
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*gastīg
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Plural
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*gastīgid
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Present
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Past
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Participle
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*gastīgandī
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*gastigan
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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 335: “PWGmc *gastīgan”