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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *tūn (“a fence”) + *-jan.
Verb
*tūnijan[1]
- to enclose, put a fence around
Conjugation
| Class 1 weak
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| Infinitive
|
*tūnijan
|
| 1st sg. past
|
*tūnidā
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| Infinitive
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*tūnijan
|
| Genitive infin.
|
*tūnijannjas
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| Dative infin.
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*tūnijannjē
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| Instrum. infin.
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*tūnijannju
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| Indicative
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Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*tūniju
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*tūnidā
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| 2nd singular
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*tūnisi
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*tūnidēs, *tūnidōs
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| 3rd singular
|
*tūniþi
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*tūnidē, *tūnidā
|
| 1st plural
|
*tūnijum
|
*tūnidum
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| 2nd plural
|
*tūniþ
|
*tūnidud
|
| 3rd plural
|
*tūnijanþ
|
*tūnidun
|
| Subjunctive
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Present
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Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*tūnijē
|
*tūnidī
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| 2nd singular
|
*tūnijēs
|
*tūnidī
|
| 3rd singular
|
*tūnijē
|
*tūnidī
|
| 1st plural
|
*tūnijēm
|
*tūnidīm
|
| 2nd plural
|
*tūnijēþ
|
*tūnidīd
|
| 3rd plural
|
*tūnijēn
|
*tūnidīn
|
| Imperative
|
Present
|
|
| Singular
|
*tūni
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| Plural
|
*tūniþ
|
|
|
Present
|
Past
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| Participle
|
*tūnijandī
|
*tūnid
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 224: “PWGmc *tūnijan”
