*lifnaną

Runic: ᛚᛁᚠᚾᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈliɸ.nɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Weak class 4

Meanings

to remain, to be left

Etymology

From *lībaną (‘to remain’) + *-naną.

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	lifnō	lifnaų	–
2nd singular	lifnōsi	lifnais	lifnō
3rd singular	lifnōþi	lifnai	lifnōþau
1st dual	lifnōs	lifnaiw	–
2nd dual	lifnaþiz	lifnaiþiz	lifnaþiz
1st plural	lifnamaz	lifnaim	–
2nd plural	lifnaþ	lifnaiþ	lifnaþ
3rd plural	lifnanþi	lifnain	lifnanþau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	–	–
2nd singular	–	–
3rd singular	–	–
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	–	–
2nd plural	–	–
3rd plural	–	–

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	lifnōdǭ	lifnōdēdį̄
2nd singular	lifnōdēz	lifnōdēdīz
3rd singular	lifnōdē	lifnōdēdī
1st dual	lifnōdēdū	lifnōdēdīw
2nd dual	lifnōdēdudiz	lifnōdēdīdiz
1st plural	lifnōdēdum	lifnōdēdīm
2nd plural	lifnōdēdud	lifnōdēdīd
3rd plural	lifnōdēdun	lifnōdēdīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
lifnaną	lifnandz	-

Descendants

lifna (Old Norse)
- lifna (Icelandic)
- livne (Norwegian Bokmål)
lifna (Old Norse)
- leffnæ (Old Danish)
  - levne (Danish)
    - levne (Norwegian Bokmål)
lifna (Old Norse)
- limna, lifna (Old Swedish)
  - unknown: lämna
*𐌻𐌹𐍆𐌽𐌰𐌽 (*lifnan) (Gothic)
- 𐌰𐍆𐌻𐌹𐍆𐌽𐌰𐌽 (aflifnan) (Gothic)

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