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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *hrītaną</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_hrītaną</idno>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_hritana" type="verb" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hrītaną">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>hrītaną</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈxriː.tɑ.nɑ̃</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᚺᚱᛁᛏᚨᚾᚨ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>verb</pos>
            <gram type="class">Strong class 1</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>to scratch, carve</def>
          </sense>
          <sense n="2">
            <def>to rip</def>
          </sense>
          <sense n="3">
            <def>to tear, pull</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">Compare *skrītaną, pointing to mobile *(s)-. Both are “chiming words” to *wrītaną, which might have resulted in mutually influencing semantics.</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>hrītō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>hrītaų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #sg">
              <orth>hrītai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>hrītizi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>hrītaiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>hrīt</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>hrītazai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>hrītaizau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>hrītidi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>hrītai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>hrītadau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>hrītadai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>hrītaidau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>hrītōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>hrītaiw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>hrītadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>hrītaidiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>hrītadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>hrītamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>hrītaim</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>hrītandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>hrītaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>hrītid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>hrītaid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>hrītid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>hrītandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>hrītaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>hrītandi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>hrītain</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>hrītandau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>hrītandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>hrītaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #sg">
              <orth>hrait</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #sg">
              <orth>hritį̄</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #sg">
              <orth>hraist</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #sg">
              <orth>hritīz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #sg">
              <orth>hrait</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #sg">
              <orth>hritī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #du">
              <orth>hritū</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #du">
              <orth>hritīw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #du">
              <orth>hritudiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #du">
              <orth>hritīdiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #pl">
              <orth>hritum</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #pl">
              <orth>hritīm</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #pl">
              <orth>hritud</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #pl">
              <orth>hritīd</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #pl">
              <orth>hritun</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #pl">
              <orth>hritīn</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="present">
              <orth>hrītandz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="past">
              <orth>hritanaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="infinitive">
              <orth>hrītaną</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
          <re type="descendants">
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              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*hrītan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>*hrītan</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*hrītan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*rītan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>riten</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>rijten</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Limburgish</lang>
                        <orth>riete</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*hrītan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>*hrīta</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Saterland Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>riete</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>rite</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*hrītan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>rīȥan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>rīȥen</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>reißen</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Luxembourgish</lang>
                        <orth>räissen</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*hrītan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>hrītan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>rîten</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Low German</lang>
                        <orth>rieten</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>German Low German</lang>
                          <orth>rieten</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>hríta</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>ríta</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>ríta</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian</lang>
                    <orth>rita</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>hríta</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>hrīta</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>rita</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
            </list>
          </re>
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