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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fērijaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *fērō (“danger, harm”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɸeː.ri.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*fērijaną[1]

  1. to terrify, to frighten
  2. to slight

Inflection
Conjugation of *fērijaną (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *fērijō*fērijaų—*fērijai ?
2nd singular *fērīsi*fērijais*fērī*fērijasai*fērijaisau
3rd singular *fērīþi*fērijai*fērijaþau*fērijaþai*fērijaiþau
1st dual *fērijōs*fērijaiw———
2nd dual *fērijaþiz*fērijaiþiz*fērijaþiz——
1st plural *fērijamaz*fērijaim—*fērijanþai*fērijainþau
2nd plural *fērīþ*fērijaiþ*fērīþ*fērijanþai*fērijainþau
3rd plural *fērijanþi*fērijain*fērijanþau*fērijanþai*fērijainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *fēridǭ*fēridēdį̄
2nd singular *fēridēz*fēridēdīz
3rd singular *fēridē*fēridēdī
1st dual *fēridēdū*fēridēdīw
2nd dual *fēridēdudiz*fēridēdīdiz
1st plural *fēridēdum*fēridēdīm
2nd plural *fēridēdud*fēridēdīd
3rd plural *fēridēdun*fēridēdīn
present past
participles *fērijandz*fēridaz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *fārijan
    • Old English: fǣran
    • ⇒ Old English: fored, forod (“broken, fractured, weakened, crippled, void”) (< *fārōn)
    • Old Dutch: *fāren
  • Old Norse: færa

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*fērjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 102
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