werthan
Appearance
See also: werðan
Old Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *werþan, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną.
Verb
[edit]werthan
- to become
Inflection
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Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “werthan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old Saxon
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *werþan, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]werthan
- to become, come to
- Thō uuarð thar an thene gastseli megincraft mikil manno gesamnod(Heliand, verses 2733 and 2734)
- Then the great power came there in the guest hall, gathered by the men
- to be (used with the subject to express the passive)
- that he scoldi an Bethleem giboran werðan: 'so is an usan bokun giscriƀan'(Heliand, verse 621)
- that he should be born in Bethleem: 'so it is written in our books'
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of werthan (strong class 3)
infinitive | werthan | |
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indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | wirthu | warth |
2nd person singular | wirthis | wurdi |
3rd person singular | wirthid | warth |
plural | werthad | wurdun |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st person singular | werthe | wurdi |
2nd person singular | werthes | wurdis |
3rd person singular | werthe | wurdi |
plural | werthen | wurdin |
imperative | present | |
singular | werth | |
plural | werthad | |
participle | present | past |
wirthandi | giwordan, wordan |
Descendants
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- Old Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Dutch lemmas
- Old Dutch verbs
- Old Dutch class 3 strong verbs
- Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Saxon lemmas
- Old Saxon verbs
- Old Saxon terms with usage examples
- Old Saxon class 3 strong verbs