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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hrespaną.
Verb
*hrespan[1]
- to tear, to rip
Inflection
| Strong class 3
|
| Infinitive
|
*hrespan
|
| 1st sg. past
|
*hrasp
|
| 3rd pl. past
|
*hruspun
|
| Past ptcple
|
*hrospan
|
| Infinitive
|
*hrespan
|
| Genitive infin.
|
*hrespannjas
|
| Dative infin.
|
*hrespannjē
|
| Instrum. infin.
|
*hrespannju
|
| Indicative
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*hrespu
|
*hrasp
|
| 2nd singular
|
*hrispiʀi
|
*hruspī
|
| 3rd singular
|
*hrispidi
|
*hrasp
|
| 1st plural
|
*hrespum
|
*hruspum
|
| 2nd plural
|
*hrispid
|
*hruspud
|
| 3rd plural
|
*hrespand
|
*hruspun
|
| Subjunctive
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*hrespē
|
*hruspī
|
| 2nd singular
|
*hrespēs
|
*hruspī
|
| 3rd singular
|
*hrespē
|
*hruspī
|
| 1st plural
|
*hrespēm
|
*hruspīm
|
| 2nd plural
|
*hrespēþ
|
*hruspīd
|
| 3rd plural
|
*hrespēn
|
*hruspīn
|
| Imperative
|
Present
|
|
| Singular
|
*hrisp
|
| Plural
|
*hrispid
|
|
|
Present
|
Past
|
| Participle
|
*hrespandī
|
*hrospan
|
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 126: “*hrespan”
