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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *snīþaną.
Verb
*snīþan[1]
- to cut
Inflection
Strong class 1
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Infinitive
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*snīþan
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1st sg. past
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*snaiþ
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3rd pl. past
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*snidun
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Past ptcple
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*snidan
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Infinitive
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*snīþan
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Genitive infin.
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*snīþannjas
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Dative infin.
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*snīþannjē
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Instrum. infin.
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*snīþannju
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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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*snīþu
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*snaiþ
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2nd singular
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*snīþiʀi
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*snidī
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3rd singular
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*snīþidi
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*snaiþ
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1st plural
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*snīþum
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*snidum
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2nd plural
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*snīþid
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*snidud
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3rd plural
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*snīþand
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*snidun
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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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*snīþē
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*snidī
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2nd singular
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*snīþēs
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*snidī
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3rd singular
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*snīþē
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*snidī
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1st plural
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*snīþēm
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*snidīm
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2nd plural
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*snīþēþ
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*snidīd
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3rd plural
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*snīþēn
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*snidīn
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Imperative
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Present
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Singular
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*snīþ
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Plural
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*snīþid
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Present
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Past
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Participle
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*snīþandī
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*snidan
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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 67: “‘you cut’ [...] PWGmc *snidī”