*habjaną²

Runic: ᚺᚨᛒᛃᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈxɑβ.jɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Weak class 1

Meanings

to lift, heave

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti, from the root *keh₂p- (‘to seize’), and thus related to the "have" sense of Etymology 1.

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularhabjōhabjaų–
2nd singularhabisihabjaishabi
3rd singularhabiþihabjaihabjaþau
1st dualhabjōshabjaiw–
2nd dualhabjaþizhabjaiþizhabjaþiz
1st pluralhabjamazhabjaim–
2nd pluralhabiþhabjaiþhabiþ
3rd pluralhabjanþihabjainhabjanþau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularhabjai–
2nd singularhabjasaihabjaisau
3rd singularhabjaþaihabjaiþau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralhabjanþaihabjainþau
2nd pluralhabjanþaihabjainþau
3rd pluralhabjanþaihabjainþau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularhōfhōbį̄
2nd singularhōfthōbīz
3rd singularhōfhōbī
1st dualhōbūhōbīw
2nd dualhōbudizhōbīdiz
1st pluralhōbumhōbīm
2nd pluralhōbudhōbīd
3rd pluralhōbunhōbīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
habjaną habjandz habanaz

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Descendants

  • *habbjan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • heffen (Old Dutch)
      • heffen (Middle Dutch)
        • höffe (Limburgish)
  • *habbjan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • heffen (Old Dutch)
      • heffen (Middle Dutch)
        • heffen (Dutch)
          • hef (Afrikaans)
  • *habbjan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hebban, heffan (Old English)
      • heven, heiven, heoven, hefen, hewen, hebben (Middle English)
        • heave (English)
        • heave, heve, hewe (Scots)
        • heve, hev (Yola)
  • *habbjan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • heva, hebba, heffa (Old Frisian)
      • hieuwje (Saterland Frisian)
      • heffe (West Frisian)
  • *habbjan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • heffen, hevan, heven (Old High German)
      • heben, heven (Middle High German)
        • höoban (Cimbrian)
        • heben (German)
        • hiewen (Luxembourgish)
  • *habbjan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hebbian, heffian (Old Saxon)
      • hēven, heffen (Middle Low German)
        • heven (Low German)
  • hefja (Old Norse)
    • hevja (Faroese)
    • hefja (Icelandic)
    • hevja, høvja (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • hefja (Old Norse)
    • hæve (Danish)
      • heve (Norwegian Bokmål)
        • heva (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • hefja (Old Norse)
    • hæfia (Old Swedish)
      • häva (Swedish)
  • 𐌷𐌰𐍆𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hafjan) (Gothic)

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