Talk:wesan
OHG
[edit]Why just sum(es), sit and not also birum, birut? --Manfariel (talk) 01:37, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
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This is listed in the descendants of *wesaną, but it's not listed in Bosworth-Toller. Köbler does have it, but with a question mark. It also lists the derived forwesan without a question mark, while BT is missing that too. —Rua (mew) 11:11, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
- @Rua: I've chased why this wesan (“to feast”) is in some dictionaries. It's only used once—maybe—in Old English (and possibly again in Middle English? I haven't gone after that one yet), but it's fairly doubtful. I've added the info at the entry. —caoimhinoc (talk) 06:17, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
RFV passed I guess —Caoimhin ceallach (talk) 13:30, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
Anglo-Saxon (what you call Old English)
[edit]"The simple present forms originate from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”), which had no infinitive or past tense in Proto-Germanic." I think an explanation is needed for the German infinitive sein. In its entry it reads to come from OHG sīn, but the link leads to the unrelated noun sin.--Manfariel (talk) 22:53, 8 September 2024 (UTC)