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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *karōną. Equivalent to *karu (“care, worry”) + *-ōn.
Verb
*karōn
- to be sad
- to lament
Inflection
| Class 2 weak
|
| Infinitive
|
*karōn
|
| 1st sg. past
|
*karōdā
|
| Infinitive
|
*karōn
|
| Genitive infin.
|
*karōnijas
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| Dative infin.
|
*karōnijē
|
| Instrum. infin.
|
*karōniju
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| Indicative
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Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*karō
|
*karōdā
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| 2nd singular
|
*karōs
|
*karōdēs, *karōdōs
|
| 3rd singular
|
*karōþ
|
*karōdē, *karōdā
|
| 1st plural
|
*karōm
|
*karōdum
|
| 2nd plural
|
*karōþ
|
*karōdud
|
| 3rd plural
|
*karōnþ
|
*karōdun
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| Subjunctive
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*karō
|
*karōdī
|
| 2nd singular
|
*karōs
|
*karōdī
|
| 3rd singular
|
*karō
|
*karōdī
|
| 1st plural
|
*karōm
|
*karōdīm
|
| 2nd plural
|
*karōþ
|
*karōdīd
|
| 3rd plural
|
*karōn
|
*karōdīn
|
| Imperative
|
Present
|
|
| Singular
|
*karō
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| Plural
|
*karōþ
|
|
|
Present
|
Past
|
| Participle
|
*karōndī
|
*karōd
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Related terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 190: “PWGmc *karōn”
