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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wesaną.
Verb
*wesan
- to be
Inflection
| Irregular
|
| Infinitive
|
wesan
|
| 1st sg. past
|
was
|
| 3rd pl. past
|
wāʀun
|
| Infinitive
|
wesan
|
| Genitive infin.
|
wesannjas
|
| Dative infin.
|
wesannjē
|
| Instrum. infin.
|
wesannju
|
| Indicative
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
im
|
was
|
| 2nd singular
|
iʀ
|
wāʀī
|
| 3rd singular
|
isti
|
was
|
| 1st plural
|
iʀum
|
wāʀum
|
| 2nd plural
|
iʀud
|
wāʀud
|
| 3rd plural
|
sindi
|
wāʀun
|
| Subjunctive
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
sijē
|
wāʀī
|
| 2nd singular
|
sijēs
|
wāʀī
|
| 3rd singular
|
sijē
|
wāʀī
|
| 1st plural
|
sīm
|
wāʀīm
|
| 2nd plural
|
sīd
|
wāʀīd
|
| 3rd plural
|
sīn
|
wāʀīn
|
| Imperative
|
Present
|
|
| Singular
|
wes
|
| Plural
|
wisid
|
|
|
Present
|
Past
|
| Participle
|
wesandī
|
weʀan
|
Descendants
This section only lists descendants of *wesan, the infinitive form. For descendants of other inflections, see the Descendants section of Proto-Germanic *wesaną.
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 113: “*wesan”
