geornan
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Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *girnijan (“to be eager for, desire”), from Proto-Germanic *girnijaną (“to desire, want”), from *gernaz (“eager, willing”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to yearn for”)) + *-janą (suffix forming factitive verbs from adjectives).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
ġeornan
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of ġeornan (weak class 1)
infinitive | ġeornan | ġeornenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | ġeorne | ġeornde |
second person singular | ġeornest, ġeornst | ġeorndest |
third person singular | ġeorneþ, ġeornþ | ġeornde |
plural | ġeornaþ | ġeorndon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | ġeorne | ġeornde |
plural | ġeornen | ġeornden |
imperative | ||
singular | ġeorn | |
plural | ġeornaþ | |
participle | present | past |
ġeornende | (ġe)ġeorned |
Conjugation of ġeornian (weak class 2)
infinitive | ġeornian | ġeornienne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | ġeorniġe | ġeornode |
second person singular | ġeornast | ġeornodest |
third person singular | ġeornaþ | ġeornode |
plural | ġeorniaþ | ġeornodon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | ġeorniġe | ġeornode |
plural | ġeorniġen | ġeornoden |
imperative | ||
singular | ġeorna | |
plural | ġeorniaþ | |
participle | present | past |
ġeorniende | (ġe)ġeornod |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “geornan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Categories:
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰer- (yearn)
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English verbs
- Old English class 1 weak verbs
- Old English class 2 weak verbs