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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rastijan

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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 *rastu (a rest) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

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*rastijan[1]

  1. to rest

Inflection

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Class 1 weak
Infinitive *rastijan
1st sg. past *rastidā
Infinitive *rastijan
Genitive infin. *rastijannjas
Dative infin. *rastijannjē
Instrum. infin. *rastijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *rastiju *rastidā
2nd singular *rastisi *rastidēs, *rastidōs
3rd singular *rastiþi *rastidē, *rastidā
1st plural *rastijum *rastidum
2nd plural *rastiþ *rastidud
3rd plural *rastijanþ *rastidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *rastijē *rastidī
2nd singular *rastijēs *rastidī
3rd singular *rastijē *rastidī
1st plural *rastijēm *rastidīm
2nd plural *rastijēþ *rastidīd
3rd plural *rastijēn *rastidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *rasti
Plural *rastiþ
Present Past
Participle *rastijandī *rastid
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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 237:PWGmc *rastijan