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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kwainōną.
Verb
*kwainōn[1]
- to lament
Inflection
| Class 2 weak
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| Infinitive
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*kwainōn
|
| 1st sg. past
|
*kwainōdā
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| Infinitive
|
*kwainōn
|
| Genitive infin.
|
*kwainōnijas
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| Dative infin.
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*kwainōnijē
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| Instrum. infin.
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*kwainōniju
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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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*kwainō
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*kwainōdā
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| 2nd singular
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*kwainōs
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*kwainōdēs, *kwainōdōs
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| 3rd singular
|
*kwainōþ
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*kwainōdē, *kwainōdā
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| 1st plural
|
*kwainōm
|
*kwainōdum
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| 2nd plural
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*kwainōþ
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*kwainōdud
|
| 3rd plural
|
*kwainōnþ
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*kwainōdun
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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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*kwainō
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*kwainōdī
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| 2nd singular
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*kwainōs
|
*kwainōdī
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| 3rd singular
|
*kwainō
|
*kwainōdī
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| 1st plural
|
*kwainōm
|
*kwainōdīm
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| 2nd plural
|
*kwainōþ
|
*kwainōdīd
|
| 3rd plural
|
*kwainōn
|
*kwainōdīn
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| Imperative
|
Present
|
|
| Singular
|
*kwainō
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| Plural
|
*kwainōþ
|
|
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Present
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Past
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| Participle
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*kwainōndī
|
*kwainōd
|
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 50: “PWGmc *kwainōn”
