Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/grimmisōn

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

Etymology

From *grimm +‎ *-isōn.

Verb

*grimmisōn^[1]

to rage

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*grimmisōn
1st sg. past	*grimmisōdā
Infinitive	*grimmisōn
Genitive infin.	*grimmisōnijas
Dative infin.	*grimmisōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*grimmisōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*grimmisō	*grimmisōdā
2nd singular	*grimmisōs	grimmisōdēs, grimmisōdōs
3rd singular	*grimmisōþ	grimmisōdē, grimmisōdā
1st plural	*grimmisōm	*grimmisōdum
2nd plural	*grimmisōþ	*grimmisōdud
3rd plural	*grimmisōnþ	*grimmisōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*grimmisō	*grimmisōdī
2nd singular	*grimmisōs	*grimmisōdī
3rd singular	*grimmisō	*grimmisōdī
1st plural	*grimmisōm	*grimmisōdīm
2nd plural	*grimmisōþ	*grimmisōdīd
3rd plural	*grimmisōn	*grimmisōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*grimmisō
Plural	*grimmisōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*grimmisōndī	*grimmisōd

Descendants

Old English: grimsian, grimsiġan
- ⇒ Middle English: grimsli (adverb)
Old High German: grimmisōn

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 130: “*grimmisōn”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 130: “*grimmisōn”

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