Reconstruction:Old English/styfan

This Old English 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.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stūbijan, from Proto-Germanic *stūbijaną (“to blunten, lop off”), from Proto-Germanic *stūbaz (“stump”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstyː.fɑn/, [ˈstyː.vɑn]

Verb

*stȳfan

  1. to blunten, make short or stumpy
  2. to lop off, trim

Conjugation

Conjugation of *stȳfan (weak, class 1)
infinitive *stȳfan *stȳfenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular *stȳfe *stȳfde
second person singular *stȳfest, *stȳfst *stȳfdest
third person singular *stȳfeþ, *stȳfþ *stȳfde
plural *stȳfaþ *stȳfdon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular *stȳfe *stȳfde
plural *stȳfen *stȳfden
imperative
singular *stȳf
plural *stȳfaþ
participle present past
*stȳfende *(ġe)stȳfed

Derived terms

  • āstȳfician
  • stybb
  • stȳficung
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