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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *swerkaną.
Verb
*swerkan[1]
- to become dark
Inflection
| Strong class 3
|
| Infinitive
|
*swerkan
|
| 1st sg. past
|
*swark
|
| 3rd pl. past
|
*swurkun
|
| Past ptcple
|
*sworkan
|
| Infinitive
|
*swerkan
|
| Genitive infin.
|
*swerkannjas
|
| Dative infin.
|
*swerkannjē
|
| Instrum. infin.
|
*swerkannju
|
| Indicative
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*swerku
|
*swark
|
| 2nd singular
|
*swirkiʀi
|
*swurkī
|
| 3rd singular
|
*swirkidi
|
*swark
|
| 1st plural
|
*swerkum
|
*swurkum
|
| 2nd plural
|
*swirkid
|
*swurkud
|
| 3rd plural
|
*swerkand
|
*swurkun
|
| Subjunctive
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*swerkē
|
*swurkī
|
| 2nd singular
|
*swerkēs
|
*swurkī
|
| 3rd singular
|
*swerkē
|
*swurkī
|
| 1st plural
|
*swerkēm
|
*swurkīm
|
| 2nd plural
|
*swerkēþ
|
*swurkīd
|
| 3rd plural
|
*swerkēn
|
*swurkīn
|
| Imperative
|
Present
|
|
| Singular
|
*swirk
|
| Plural
|
*swirkid
|
|
|
Present
|
Past
|
| Participle
|
*swerkandī
|
*sworkan
|
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127: “*swerkan”
