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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bihalljan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

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Verb

*bihalljan[1]

  1. to cover

Inflection
Class 1 weak
Infinitive *bihalljan
1st sg. past *bihaldā
Infinitive *bihalljan
Genitive infin. *bihalljannjas
Dative infin. *bihalljannjē
Instrum. infin. *bihalljannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *bihallju *bihaldā
2nd singular *bihalisi *bihaldēs, *bihaldōs
3rd singular *bihaliþi *bihaldē, *bihaldā
1st plural *bihalljum *bihaldum
2nd plural *bihaliþ *bihaldud
3rd plural *bihalljanþ *bihaldun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *bihalljē *bihaldī
2nd singular *bihalljēs *bihaldī
3rd singular *bihalljē *bihaldī
1st plural *bihalljēm *bihaldīm
2nd plural *bihalljēþ *bihaldīd
3rd plural *bihalljēn *bihaldīn
Imperative Present
Singular *bihali
Plural *bihaliþ
Present Past
Participle *bihalljandī *bihald

Descendants
  • Old English: behellan
  • Old High German: bihellen

References
  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 271: “PWGmc *bihalidē”
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