*drībaną

Runic: ᛞᚱᛁᛒᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈdriː.βɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 1

Meanings

to drive, push, compel to go

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰréybʰ-e/o- (‘to drive, push, compel to go’) from root *dʰréybʰ- (‘to drive, push’). There are no secure cognates outside of Proto-Germanic, thus it could be from a substrate language.

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	drībō	drībaų	–
2nd singular	drībizi	drībaiz	drīb
3rd singular	drībidi	drībai	drībadau
1st dual	drībōz	drībaiw	–
2nd dual	drībadiz	drībaidiz	drībadiz
1st plural	drībamaz	drībaim	–
2nd plural	drībid	drībaid	drībid
3rd plural	drībandi	drībain	drībandau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	drībai	–
2nd singular	drībazai	drībaizau
3rd singular	drībadai	drībaidau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	drībandai	drībaindau
2nd plural	drībandai	drībaindau
3rd plural	drībandai	drībaindau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	draib	dribį̄
2nd singular	draift	dribīz
3rd singular	draib	dribī
1st dual	dribū	dribīw
2nd dual	dribudiz	dribīdiz
1st plural	dribum	dribīm
2nd plural	dribud	dribīd
3rd plural	dribun	dribīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
drībaną	drībandz	dribanaz

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Descendants

*drīban (Proto-West Germanic)
- drīvan (Old Dutch)
  - driven (Middle Dutch)
    - drieve (Limburgish)
*drīban (Proto-West Germanic)
- drīvan (Old Dutch)
  - driven (Middle Dutch)
    - drijven (Dutch)
      - dryf, drywe (Afrikaans)
*drīban (Proto-West Germanic)
- drīfan (Old English)
  - driven, drifen, drifven (Middle English)
    - drive (English)
    - drive (Scots)
*drīban (Proto-West Germanic)
- drīva (Old Frisian)
  - drieuwe (Saterland Frisian)
  - driuwe (West Frisian)
*drīban (Proto-West Germanic)
- trīban (Old High German)
  - trīben (Middle High German)
    - triibe (Alemannic German)
    - dreibm, dreim (Bavarian)
    - treiben (German)
    - טרײַבן (traybn) (Yiddish)
*drīban (Proto-West Germanic)
- trīban (Old High German)
  - trīben (Middle High German)
    - drieve, dreive (Central Franconian)
      - dreiwen (Luxembourgish)
*drīban (Proto-West Germanic)
- drīvan, drīƀan (Old Saxon)
  - driven (Middle Low German)
    - drieven (Low German)
    - driewen (Plautdietsch)
drífa (Old Norse)
- drive (Danish)
- draiva (Elfdalian)
- dríva (Faroese)
- drífa (Icelandic)
drífa (Old Norse)
- drive (Norwegian Bokmål)
- driva, drive (Norwegian Nynorsk)
drífa (Old Norse)
- drīva (Old Swedish)
  - driva (Swedish)
𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (dreiban) (Gothic)

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