werdan

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwer.dɑn/, [ˈwerˠ.dɑn]

Verb

werdan

  1. alternative form of wierdan (“to injure”)

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *werþan, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną (“turn, become”), from Proto-Indo-European *wert-.

Verb

wërdan

  1. to be
  2. to become
  3. to happen

Conjugation

Conjugation of wërdan (strong class 3)
infinitive wërdan
indicative present past
1st person singular wirdu, wirdo ward
2nd person singular wirdis, wirdist wurdi
3rd person singular wirdit ward
1st person plural wërdem, wërdemēs wurdum, wurdumēs
2nd person plural wërdet wurdut
3rd person plural wërdant wurdun
subjunctive present past
1st person singular wërde wurdi
2nd person singular wërdēs, wërdēst wurdīs, wurdīst
3rd person singular wërde wurdi
1st person plural wërdēm, wërdemēs wurdīm, wurdīmēs
2nd person plural wërdēt wurdīt
3rd person plural wërdēn wurdīn
imperative present
singular wird
plural wërdet
participle present past
wërdanti giwordan

Descendants

  • Middle High German: werden
    • Alemannic German: wërde
      Swabian: werra
    • Central Franconian: wääde, wääre (Moselle Franconian, but in limited use)
    • German: werden
    • Luxembourgish: wäerten
    • Pennsylvania German: waerre
    • Yiddish: ווערן (vern)

Further reading

  • Wright, Joseph (1906), An Old High German Primer‎[1], second edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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