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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wrīhan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wrīhaną.
Verb
*wrīhan[1]
- to cover
Inflection
| Strong class 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *wrīhan | |
| 1st sg. past | *wraih | |
| 3rd pl. past | *wrigun | |
| Past ptcple | *wrigan | |
| Infinitive | *wrīhan | |
| Genitive infin. | *wrīhannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *wrīhannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *wrīhannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *wrīhu | *wraih |
| 2nd singular | *wrīhiʀi | *wrigī |
| 3rd singular | *wrīhidi | *wraih |
| 1st plural | *wrīhum | *wrigum |
| 2nd plural | *wrīhid | *wrigud |
| 3rd plural | *wrīhand | *wrigun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *wrīhē | *wrigī |
| 2nd singular | *wrīhēs | *wrigī |
| 3rd singular | *wrīhē | *wrigī |
| 1st plural | *wrīhēm | *wrigīm |
| 2nd plural | *wrīhēþ | *wrigīd |
| 3rd plural | *wrīhēn | *wrigīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *wrīh | |
| Plural | *wrīhid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *wrīhandī | *wrigan |
Derived terms
- *andiwrīhan
Descendants
- Old English: wrīon, wrēon
- Middle English: wrihen, wreon, wrien, wryen
- English: wry (“to clothe, cover, hide”)
- Middle English: wrihen, wreon, wrien, wryen
- ⇒ Old Frisian: wreigenge (“bedcover, duvet”); wrichte (“battle-garment”))
- Old High German: *rīhan (in birīhan, intrīhan, etc.)
- Middle High German: rīhen, rīhhen
- German: reihen
- Luxembourgish: reien
- Middle High German: rīhen, rīhhen
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127: “*wrīhan”