*maþlijaną

Runic: ᛗᚨᚦᛚᛁᛃᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈmɑθ.li.jɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Weak class 1

Meanings

to speak

Etymology

From *maþlą (‘speech, gathering, legal case’) + *-janą.

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularmaþlijōmaþlijaų–
2nd singularmaþlīsimaþlijaismaþlī
3rd singularmaþlīþimaþlijaimaþlijaþau
1st dualmaþlijōsmaþlijaiw–
2nd dualmaþlijaþizmaþlijaiþizmaþlijaþiz
1st pluralmaþlijamazmaþlijaim–
2nd pluralmaþlīþmaþlijaiþmaþlīþ
3rd pluralmaþlijanþimaþlijainmaþlijanþau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularmaþlijai–
2nd singularmaþlijasaimaþlijaisau
3rd singularmaþlijaþaimaþlijaiþau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralmaþlijanþaimaþlijainþau
2nd pluralmaþlijanþaimaþlijainþau
3rd pluralmaþlijanþaimaþlijainþau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularmaþlidǭmaþlidēdį̄
2nd singularmaþlidēzmaþlidēdīz
3rd singularmaþlidēmaþlidēdī
1st dualmaþlidēdūmaþlidēdīw
2nd dualmaþlidēdudizmaþlidēdīdiz
1st pluralmaþlidēdummaþlidēdīm
2nd pluralmaþlidēdudmaþlidēdīd
3rd pluralmaþlidēdunmaþlidēdīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
maþlijaną maþlijandz maþlidaz

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Descendants

  • *maþlijan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • admallāre (Late Latin)
  • *maþlijan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • mǣlan, mæþlan (Old English)
      • melen, mellen (Middle English)
        • mell (English)
  • *maþlijan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • mahalen (Old High German)
      • mehelen (Middle High German)
        • vermählen (German)
  • *maþlijan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • mahlian (Old Saxon)
      • ? (Middle Low German)
        • melen (German Low German)
          • afmelen, utmelen (German Low German)
  • mæla (Old Norse)
    • mæla (Faroese)
    • melä (Gutnish)
    • mæla (Icelandic)
    • mæle (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • mæla (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • mæla (Old Norse)
    • mælæ (Old Danish)
      • mæle (Danish)
      • mæla, møla, mælla (Scanian)
  • mæla (Old Norse)
    • mǣla, mælla (Old Swedish)
      • mäla (Swedish)
  • 𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (maþljan) (Gothic)
  • malthata (Crimean Gothic)

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