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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hrespan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hrespaną.
Verb
*hrespan[1]
- to tear, to rip
Inflection
| Strong class 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *hrespan | |
| 1st sg. past | *hrasp | |
| 3rd pl. past | *hruspun | |
| Past ptcple | *hrospan | |
| Infinitive | *hrespan | |
| Genitive infin. | *hrespannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *hrespannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *hrespannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *hrespu | *hrasp |
| 2nd singular | *hrispiʀi | *hruspī |
| 3rd singular | *hrispidi | *hrasp |
| 1st plural | *hrespum | *hruspum |
| 2nd plural | *hrispid | *hruspud |
| 3rd plural | *hrespand | *hruspun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *hrespē | *hruspī |
| 2nd singular | *hrespēs | *hruspī |
| 3rd singular | *hrespē | *hruspī |
| 1st plural | *hrespēm | *hruspīm |
| 2nd plural | *hrespēþ | *hruspīd |
| 3rd plural | *hrespēn | *hruspīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *hresp | |
| Plural | *hrispid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *hrespandī | *hrospan |
Descendants
- ⇒ Old English: ġehrespan
- Old Frisian: hrespa
- Old High German: hrespan, respan
- Middle High German: rëspen
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 126: “*hrespan”