*līþaną

Runic: ᛚᛁᚦᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈliː.θɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 1

Meanings

to go; pass
to go through

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *leyt- (‘to go, depart, die’). Cognate with Tocharian A litā- (‘to pass on’), Avestan 𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬚𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (ⁱriθiieⁱti) (ⁱriθiieⁱti, ‘to die, pass away’), Ancient Greek λοίτη (loítē) (loítē, ‘tomb’), Latin lītus (‘shore, beach’).

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	līþō	līþaų	–
2nd singular	līþizi	līþaiz	līþ
3rd singular	līþidi	līþai	līþadau
1st dual	līþōz	līþaiw	–
2nd dual	līþadiz	līþaidiz	līþadiz
1st plural	līþamaz	līþaim	–
2nd plural	līþid	līþaid	līþid
3rd plural	līþandi	līþain	līþandau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	līþai	–
2nd singular	līþazai	līþaizau
3rd singular	līþadai	līþaidau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	līþandai	līþaindau
2nd plural	līþandai	līþaindau
3rd plural	līþandai	līþaindau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	laiþ	lidį̄
2nd singular	laist	lidīz
3rd singular	laiþ	lidī
1st dual	lidū	lidīw
2nd dual	lidudiz	lidīdiz
1st plural	lidum	lidīm
2nd plural	lidud	lidīd
3rd plural	lidun	lidīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
līþaną	līþandz	lidanaz

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Descendants

*līþan (Proto-West Germanic)
- līthan (Old Dutch)
  - liden (Middle Dutch)
    - lieje (Limburgish)
*līþan (Proto-West Germanic)
- līthan (Old Dutch)
  - liden (Middle Dutch)
    - lijden, lijen (Dutch)
      - ly (Afrikaans)
      - lyd, lyden, lijden, leiden (Negerhollands)
*līþan (Proto-West Germanic)
- līþan (Old English)
  - liþen (Middle English)
*līþan (Proto-West Germanic)
- lītha (Old Frisian)
  - liede (Saterland Frisian)
  - lyen, lye, lit, lije (West Frisian)
*līþan (Proto-West Germanic)
- līdan (Old High German)
  - līden (Middle High German)
    - liide, lide (Alemannic German)
    - leiden (German)
    - leide (Hunsrik)
    - leiden (Luxembourgish)
*līþan (Proto-West Germanic)
- līthan (Old Saxon)
  - lîden (Middle Low German)
    - lieden (German Low German)
líða (Old Norse)
- lide (Danish)
- líða (Faroese)
- líða (Icelandic)
- lide (Norwegian)
- lide (Scots)
líða (Old Norse)
- līþa (Old Swedish)
  - lida (Swedish)
*𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 (*leiþan) (Gothic)

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