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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *bigerdaną</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
      </titleStmt>
      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-02"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_bigerdaną</idno>
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        <p>Single-entry extract from the dictionary. Cross-references to other entries point to their identifiers in the full dictionary.</p>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_bigerdana" type="verb" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bigerdaną">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>bigerdaną</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˌbi.ˈɣer.ðɑ.nɑ̃</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛒᛁᚷᛖᚱᛞᚨᚾᚨ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>verb</pos>
            <gram type="class">Strong class 3</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>to begird</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From *bi- (‘by, at’; a general locative prefix) + *gerdaną (‘to gird’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>bigerdō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>bigerdaų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #sg">
              <orth>bigerdai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>bigirdizi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>bigerdaiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>bigerd</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>bigerdazai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>bigerdaizau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>bigirdidi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>bigerdai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>bigerdadau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>bigerdadai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>bigerdaidau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>bigerdōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>bigerdaiw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>bigerdadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>bigerdaidiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>bigerdadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>bigerdamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>bigerdaim</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>bigerdandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>bigerdaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>bigirdid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>bigerdaid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>bigirdid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>bigerdandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>bigerdaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>bigerdandi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>bigerdain</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>bigerdandau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>bigerdandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>bigerdaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #sg">
              <orth>bigard</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #sg">
              <orth>bigurdį̄</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #sg">
              <orth>bigarst</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #sg">
              <orth>bigurdīz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #sg">
              <orth>bigard</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #sg">
              <orth>bigurdī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #du">
              <orth>bigurdū</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #du">
              <orth>bigurdīw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #du">
              <orth>bigurdudiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #du">
              <orth>bigurdīdiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #pl">
              <orth>bigurdum</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #pl">
              <orth>bigurdīm</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #pl">
              <orth>bigurdud</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #pl">
              <orth>bigurdīd</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #pl">
              <orth>bigurdun</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #pl">
              <orth>bigurdīn</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="present">
              <orth>bigerdandz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="past">
              <orth>bigurdanaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="infinitive">
              <orth>bigerdaną</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
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              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old English</lang>
                  <orth>begirdan, begyrdan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle English</lang>
                    <orth>bigirden, begirden</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>English</lang>
                      <orth>begird</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Gothic</lang>
                  <orth>𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌽 (bigairdan)</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
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