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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *skarp (“sharp”) + *-jan.
Verb
*skarpijan
- to sharpen
Inflection
Class 1 weak
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Infinitive
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*skarpijan
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1st sg. past
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*skarpidā
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Infinitive
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*skarpijan
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Genitive infin.
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*skarpijannjas
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Dative infin.
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*skarpijannjē
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Instrum. infin.
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*skarpijannju
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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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*skarpiju
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*skarpidā
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2nd singular
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*skarpisi
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*skarpidēs, *skarpidōs
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3rd singular
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*skarpiþi
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*skarpidē, *skarpidā
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1st plural
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*skarpijum
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*skarpidum
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2nd plural
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*skarpiþ
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*skarpidud
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3rd plural
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*skarpijanþ
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*skarpidun
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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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*skarpijē
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*skarpidī
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2nd singular
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*skarpijēs
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*skarpidī
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3rd singular
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*skarpijē
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*skarpidī
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1st plural
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*skarpijēm
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*skarpidīm
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2nd plural
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*skarpijēþ
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*skarpidīd
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3rd plural
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*skarpijēn
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*skarpidīn
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Imperative
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Present
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Singular
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*skarpi
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Plural
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*skarpiþ
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Present
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Past
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Participle
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*skarpijandī
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*skarpid
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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 242: “PWGmc *skarpijan”
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*skarpjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 335