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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *werþaną.
Verb
*werþan
- to become
Inflection
| Strong class 3
|
| Infinitive
|
*werþan
|
| 1st sg. past
|
*warþ
|
| 3rd pl. past
|
*wurdun
|
| Past ptcple
|
*wordan
|
| Infinitive
|
*werþan
|
| Genitive infin.
|
*werþannjas
|
| Dative infin.
|
*werþannjē
|
| Instrum. infin.
|
*werþannju
|
| Indicative
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Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*werþu
|
*warþ
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| 2nd singular
|
*wirþiʀi
|
*wurdī
|
| 3rd singular
|
*wirþidi
|
*warþ
|
| 1st plural
|
*werþum
|
*wurdum
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| 2nd plural
|
*wirþid
|
*wurdud
|
| 3rd plural
|
*werþand
|
*wurdun
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| Subjunctive
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Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*werþē
|
*wurdī
|
| 2nd singular
|
*werþēs
|
*wurdī
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| 3rd singular
|
*werþē
|
*wurdī
|
| 1st plural
|
*werþēm
|
*wurdīm
|
| 2nd plural
|
*werþēþ
|
*wurdīd
|
| 3rd plural
|
*werþēn
|
*wurdīn
|
| Imperative
|
Present
|
|
| Singular
|
*wirþ
|
| Plural
|
*wirþid
|
|
|
Present
|
Past
|
| Participle
|
*werþandī
|
*wordan
|
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 107: “*werþan”
