weorþan
Appearance
Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- wearþan — Anglian
- weorðan — edh spelling
- wurþan — Late West Saxon
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *werþan, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną (“to become”), from Proto-Indo-European *wértti (“to be turning”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]weorþan
- to become
- 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 5[1]:
- …ac mē eċġa dolg ēacen weorðað þurh dēaðsleġe dagum and nihtum.
- …but for me wounds of edges become widened through deathblows by days and nights.
- (auxiliary) to be (used to form the passive voice)
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
- Hē ārās þā ġesund, swelċe of slǣpe āwreaht, and begann tō wundrienne hū hē wurde þæder ġebrōht.
- Then he got up safe and sound, as if woken from sleep, and began to wonder how he got there. (Lit. How he was brought there)
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
- to happen
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of weorþan (strong class 3)
infinitive | weorþan | weorþenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | weorþe | wearþ |
second person singular | wierst | wurde |
third person singular | wierþþ, wierþ | wearþ |
plural | weorþaþ | wurdon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | weorþe | wurde |
plural | weorþen | wurden |
imperative | ||
singular | weorþ | |
plural | weorþaþ | |
participle | present | past |
weorþende | (ġe)worden |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “weorþan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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- Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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