*blēsaną

Runic: ᛒᛚᛖᛊᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈblɛː.sɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 7d

Meanings

to blow

Etymology

From pre-Germanic *bʰleh₁-s-, an inherited Proto-Indo-European s-formation of *bʰleh₁- (‘to blow’). Traditionally analyzed as a sigmatic aorist (Kroonen 2013); more plausibly, in view of its ordinary present meaning and comparison with other lexicalized s-stems, as an old unreduplicated desiderative / s-present (Kölligan 2018).

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	blēsō	blēsaų	–
2nd singular	blēsizi	blēsaiz	blēs
3rd singular	blēsidi	blēsai	blēsadau
1st dual	blēsōz	blēsaiw	–
2nd dual	blēsadiz	blēsaidiz	blēsadiz
1st plural	blēsamaz	blēsaim	–
2nd plural	blēsid	blēsaid	blēsid
3rd plural	blēsandi	blēsain	blēsandau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	blēsai	–
2nd singular	blēsazai	blēsaizau
3rd singular	blēsadai	blēsaidau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	blēsandai	blēsaindau
2nd plural	blēsandai	blēsaindau
3rd plural	blēsandai	blēsaindau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	beblēs	beblēzį̄
2nd singular	beblēst	beblēzīz
3rd singular	beblēs	beblēzī
1st dual	beblēzū	beblēzīw
2nd dual	beblēzudiz	beblēzīdiz
1st plural	beblēzum	beblēzīm
2nd plural	beblēzud	beblēzīd
3rd plural	beblēzun	beblēzīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
blēsaną	blēsandz	blēzanaz

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Descendants

*blāsan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *blāsan (Old Dutch)
  - blâsen (Middle Dutch)
    - blaoze (Limburgish)
*blāsan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *blāsan (Old Dutch)
  - blâsen (Middle Dutch)
    - blazen (Dutch)
      - blaas (Afrikaans)
*blāsan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *blāsan, *blǣsan (Old English)
  - blasen (Middle English)
    - blaze (English)
    - blase, blaze (Scots)
*blāsan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *blāsa, *blēsa (Old Frisian)
  - bloasje, bleesje, bloazje, bläizje (Saterland Frisian)
  - blieze (West Frisian)
*blāsan (Proto-West Germanic)
- blāsan (Old High German)
  - blāsen (Middle High German)
    - blåsn (Bavarian)
    - blasen (German)
    - blosen (Luxembourgish)
    - בלאָזן (blozn) (Yiddish)
*blāsan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *blāsan (Old Saxon)
  - blâsen (Middle Low German)
    - blasen (Low German)
    - blosen (Plautdietsch)
    - blaze (West Frisian)
blása (Old Norse)
- blása (Faroese)
- blase (Gutnish)
- blása (Icelandic)
blása (Old Norse)
- blåse (Norwegian Bokmål)
- blåsa, blåse (Norwegian Nynorsk)
blása (Old Norse)
- blǣsæ (Old Danish)
  - blæse (Danish)
blása (Old Norse)
- blāsa (Old Swedish)
  - blåsa (Swedish)
*𐌱𐌻𐌴𐍃𐌰𐌽 (*blēsan), 𐌿𐍆𐌱𐌻𐌴𐍃𐌰𐌽 (ufblēsan) (Gothic)

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