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Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *werþan, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną.
Verb
werthan
- to become
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “werthan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *werþan, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
werthan
- to become, come to
Thō uuarð thar an thene gastseli megincraft mikil manno gesamnod- Then the great power came there in the guest hall, gathered by the men
(Heliand, verses 2733 and 2734)
- to be (used with the subject to express the passive)
that he scoldi an Bethleem giboran werðan: 'so is an usan bokun giscriƀan'- that he should be born in Bethleem: 'so it is written in our books'
(Heliand, verse 621)
Conjugation
Conjugation of werthan (strong class 3)
Descendants