*auþijaną

Runic: ᚨᚢᚦᛁᛃᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈɑu̯.θi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Weak class 1

Meanings

to make empty or desolate; to lay waste, destroy

Etymology

From *auþijaz + *-(i)janą¹, literally ‘to make empty or desolate’. Compare Old Norse eyða, Old English īeþan, ȳþan, and Old High German *ōden. Proto-Norse *auþja- was also borrowed into Proto-Samic *āvϑe̮je̮-, confirming the antiquity of the formation and its factitive sense (Aikio 2024: 16–17; Heidermanns 1993: 111; Kroonen 2013: 43).

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	auþijō	auþijaų	–
2nd singular	auþīsi	auþijais	auþī
3rd singular	auþīþi	auþijai	auþijaþau
1st dual	auþijōs	auþijaiw	–
2nd dual	auþijaþiz	auþijaiþiz	auþijaþiz
1st plural	auþijamaz	auþijaim	–
2nd plural	auþīþ	auþijaiþ	auþīþ
3rd plural	auþijanþi	auþijain	auþijanþau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	auþijai	–
2nd singular	auþijasai	auþijaisau
3rd singular	auþijaþai	auþijaiþau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	auþijanþai	auþijainþau
2nd plural	auþijanþai	auþijainþau
3rd plural	auþijanþai	auþijainþau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	auþidǭ	auþidēdį̄
2nd singular	auþidēz	auþidēdīz
3rd singular	auþidē	auþidēdī
1st dual	auþidēdū	auþidēdīw
2nd dual	auþidēdudiz	auþidēdīdiz
1st plural	auþidēdum	auþidēdīm
2nd plural	auþidēdud	auþidēdīd
3rd plural	auþidēdun	auþidēdīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
auþijaną	auþijandz	auþidaz

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Descendants

*auþijan (Proto-West Germanic)
- īeþan, ȳþan (Old English)
*auþijan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *ōden (Old High German)
  - öden (Middle High German)
    - öden (German)
eyða (Old Norse)
- oyða (Faroese)
- eyða (Icelandic)
- øyda (Norwegian Nynorsk)
eyða (Old Norse)
- ø̄þa (Old Swedish)
  - öda (Swedish)
*āvϑe̮je̮- (Proto-Samic)

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