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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bigerdaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *bi- + *gerdaną.
Verb
*bigerdaną
- to begird
Inflection
Conjugation of *bigerdaną (strong class 3)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *bigerdō | *bigerdaų | — | *bigerdai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *bigirdizi | *bigerdaiz | *bigerd | *bigerdazai | *bigerdaizau |
| 3rd singular | *bigirdidi | *bigerdai | *bigerdadau | *bigerdadai | *bigerdaidau |
| 1st dual | *bigerdōz | *bigerdaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *bigerdadiz | *bigerdaidiz | *bigerdadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *bigerdamaz | *bigerdaim | — | *bigerdandai | *bigerdaindau |
| 2nd plural | *bigirdid | *bigerdaid | *bigirdid | *bigerdandai | *bigerdaindau |
| 3rd plural | *bigerdandi | *bigerdain | *bigerdandau | *bigerdandai | *bigerdaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *bigard | *bigurdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *bigarst | *bigurdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *bigard | *bigurdī | |||
| 1st dual | *bigurdū | *bigurdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *bigurdudiz | *bigurdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *bigurdum | *bigurdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *bigurdud | *bigurdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *bigurdun | *bigurdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *bigerdandz | *bigurdanaz | |||
Descendants
- Old English: begyrdan, begirdan
- Middle English: bigirden, begirden
- English: begird
- Middle English: bigirden, begirden
- Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌽 (bigairdan)