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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fārijan

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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *fērijaną. Equivalent to *fāru (danger) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

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*fārijan

  1. to terrify, frighten
  2. to slight

Inflection

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Class 1 weak
Infinitive *fārijan
1st sg. past *fāridā
Infinitive *fārijan
Genitive infin. *fārijannjas
Dative infin. *fārijannjē
Instrum. infin. *fārijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *fāriju *fāridā
2nd singular *fārisi *fāridēs, *fāridōs
3rd singular *fāriþi *fāridē, *fāridā
1st plural *fārijum *fāridum
2nd plural *fāriþ *fāridud
3rd plural *fārijanþ *fāridun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *fārijē *fāridī
2nd singular *fārijēs *fāridī
3rd singular *fārijē *fāridī
1st plural *fārijēm *fāridīm
2nd plural *fārijēþ *fāridīd
3rd plural *fārijēn *fāridīn
Imperative Present
Singular *fāri
Plural *fāriþ
Present Past
Participle *fārijandī *fārid
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Descendants

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  • Old English: fǣran
  • Old English: fored, forod (broken, fractured, weakened, crippled, void) (< *fārōn)
  • Old Dutch: *fāren