Meanings
to work, labor, toil
Etymology
A denominal Weak class 1 verb from *arbaidiz + *-(i)janą¹. Directly reflected by Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (arbaidjan) (Lehmann 1986a: s.v. arbaiþs). For the deeper etymology, see *arbaidiz.
Conjugation
Present active
| Person | Indicative | Subjunctive | Imperative |
| 1st singular | arbaidijō | arbaidijaų | – |
| 2nd singular | arbaidīsi | arbaidijais | arbaidī |
| 3rd singular | arbaidīþi | arbaidijai | arbaidijaþau |
| 1st dual | arbaidijōs | arbaidijaiw | – |
| 2nd dual | arbaidijaþiz | arbaidijaiþiz | arbaidijaþiz |
| 1st plural | arbaidijamaz | arbaidijaim | – |
| 2nd plural | arbaidīþ | arbaidijaiþ | arbaidīþ |
| 3rd plural | arbaidijanþi | arbaidijain | arbaidijanþau |
Present passive
| Person | Indicative | Subjunctive |
| 1st singular | arbaidijai | – |
| 2nd singular | arbaidijasai | arbaidijaisau |
| 3rd singular | arbaidijaþai | arbaidijaiþau |
| 1st dual | – | – |
| 2nd dual | – | – |
| 1st plural | arbaidijanþai | arbaidijainþau |
| 2nd plural | arbaidijanþai | arbaidijainþau |
| 3rd plural | arbaidijanþai | arbaidijainþau |
Past
| Person | Indicative | Subjunctive |
| 1st singular | arbaididǭ | arbaididēdį̄ |
| 2nd singular | arbaididēz | arbaididēdīz |
| 3rd singular | arbaididē | arbaididēdī |
| 1st dual | arbaididēdū | arbaididēdīw |
| 2nd dual | arbaididēdudiz | arbaididēdīdiz |
| 1st plural | arbaididēdum | arbaididēdīm |
| 2nd plural | arbaididēdud | arbaididēdīd |
| 3rd plural | arbaididēdun | arbaididēdīn |
Non-finite Forms
| Infinitive | Present Participle | Past Participle |
| arbaidijaną |
arbaidijandz |
arbaididaz |
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Descendants
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*arbaidijan (Proto-West Germanic)
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*arveiden, *arbeiden, arvithen (Old Dutch)
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*arbaidijan (Proto-West Germanic)
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arabeiten, arbeiten (Old High German)
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arebeiten, arbeiten (Middle High German)
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arwadn, arweddn, oaweddn, oaweitn, oaweidn, orbeita (Bavarian)
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arbeiten (German)
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arbigge (Kölsch)
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אַרבעטן (arbetn) (Yiddish)
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*arbaidijan (Proto-West Germanic)
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arvēdian (Old Saxon)
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arbeiden (Middle Low German)
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arbejde (Danish)
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arbeiða (Faroese)
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arbeiden, arbaiden (Low German)
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arbeide, arbeida (Norwegian)
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*arbaidijan (Proto-West Germanic)
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arvēdian (Old Saxon)
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arbeiden (Middle Low German)
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arbeida, arbeta (Old Swedish)
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𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (arbaidjan) (Gothic)
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