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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *warnu (“refusal, denial”) + *-jan.
Verb
*warnijan[1]
- to refuse
- to deny
Inflection
| Class 1 weak
|
| Infinitive
|
*warnijan
|
| 1st sg. past
|
*warnidā
|
| Infinitive
|
*warnijan
|
| Genitive infin.
|
*warnijannjas
|
| Dative infin.
|
*warnijannjē
|
| Instrum. infin.
|
*warnijannju
|
| Indicative
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*warniju
|
*warnidā
|
| 2nd singular
|
*warnisi
|
*warnidēs, *warnidōs
|
| 3rd singular
|
*warniþi
|
*warnidē, *warnidā
|
| 1st plural
|
*warnijum
|
*warnidum
|
| 2nd plural
|
*warniþ
|
*warnidud
|
| 3rd plural
|
*warnijanþ
|
*warnidun
|
| Subjunctive
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*warnijē
|
*warnidī
|
| 2nd singular
|
*warnijēs
|
*warnidī
|
| 3rd singular
|
*warnijē
|
*warnidī
|
| 1st plural
|
*warnijēm
|
*warnidīm
|
| 2nd plural
|
*warnijēþ
|
*warnidīd
|
| 3rd plural
|
*warnijēn
|
*warnidīn
|
| Imperative
|
Present
|
|
| Singular
|
*warni
|
| Plural
|
*warniþ
|
|
|
Present
|
Past
|
| Participle
|
*warnijandī
|
*warnid
|
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 *warnijan”
