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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *waljaną.
Verb
*walljan[1]
- to choose, to pick, to select
Inflection
Class 1 weak
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Infinitive
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*walljan
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1st sg. past
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*waldā
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Infinitive
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*walljan
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Genitive infin.
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*walljannjas
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Dative infin.
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*walljannjē
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Instrum. infin.
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*walljannju
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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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*wallju
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*waldā
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2nd singular
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*walisi
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*waldēs, *waldōs
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3rd singular
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*waliþi
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*waldē, *waldā
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1st plural
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*walljum
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*waldum
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2nd plural
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*waliþ
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*waldud
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3rd plural
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*walljanþ
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*waldun
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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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*walljē
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*waldī
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2nd singular
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*walljēs
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*waldī
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3rd singular
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*walljē
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*waldī
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1st plural
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*walljēm
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*waldīm
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2nd plural
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*walljēþ
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*waldīd
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3rd plural
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*walljēn
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*waldīn
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Imperative
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Present
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Singular
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*wali
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Plural
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*waliþ
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Present
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Past
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Participle
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*walljandī
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*wald
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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 74: “PWGmc *walʲlʲan”