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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *lēwijaną.
Verb
*lāwijan[1]
- to betray
Inflection
| Class 1 weak
|
| Infinitive
|
*lāwijan
|
| 1st sg. past
|
*lāwidā
|
| Infinitive
|
*lāwijan
|
| Genitive infin.
|
*lāwijannjas
|
| Dative infin.
|
*lāwijannjē
|
| Instrum. infin.
|
*lāwijannju
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| Indicative
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Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*lāwiju
|
*lāwidā
|
| 2nd singular
|
*lāwisi
|
*lāwidēs, *lāwidōs
|
| 3rd singular
|
*lāwiþi
|
*lāwidē, *lāwidā
|
| 1st plural
|
*lāwijum
|
*lāwidum
|
| 2nd plural
|
*lāwiþ
|
*lāwidud
|
| 3rd plural
|
*lāwijanþ
|
*lāwidun
|
| Subjunctive
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*lāwijē
|
*lāwidī
|
| 2nd singular
|
*lāwijēs
|
*lāwidī
|
| 3rd singular
|
*lāwijē
|
*lāwidī
|
| 1st plural
|
*lāwijēm
|
*lāwidīm
|
| 2nd plural
|
*lāwijēþ
|
*lāwidīd
|
| 3rd plural
|
*lāwijēn
|
*lāwidīn
|
| Imperative
|
Present
|
|
| Singular
|
*lāwi
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| Plural
|
*lāwiþ
|
|
|
Present
|
Past
|
| Participle
|
*lāwijandī
|
*lāwid
|
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 150: “PWGmc *lāwijan”
