*spannijaną

Runic: ᛊᛈᚨᚾᛁᛃᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈspɑn.ni.jɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Weak class 1

Meanings

to cause to stretch

Etymology

From *spannaną (‘to stretch’) + *-janą (‘causative suffix’).

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	spannijō	spannijaų	–
2nd singular	spannīsi	spannijais	spannī
3rd singular	spannīþi	spannijai	spannijaþau
1st dual	spannijōs	spannijaiw	–
2nd dual	spannijaþiz	spannijaiþiz	spannijaþiz
1st plural	spannijamaz	spannijaim	–
2nd plural	spannīþ	spannijaiþ	spannīþ
3rd plural	spannijanþi	spannijain	spannijanþau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	spannijai	–
2nd singular	spannijasai	spannijaisau
3rd singular	spannijaþai	spannijaiþau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	spannijanþai	spannijainþau
2nd plural	spannijanþai	spannijainþau
3rd plural	spannijanþai	spannijainþau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	spannidǭ	spannidēdį̄
2nd singular	spannidēz	spannidēdīz
3rd singular	spannidē	spannidēdī
1st dual	spannidēdū	spannidēdīw
2nd dual	spannidēdudiz	spannidēdīdiz
1st plural	spannidēdum	spannidēdīm
2nd plural	spannidēdud	spannidēdīd
3rd plural	spannidēdun	spannidēdīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
spannijaną	spannijandz	spannidaz

Descendants

*spannijan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *spennen (Old High German)
  - spennen (Middle High German)
*spannijan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *spennian (Old Saxon)
  - spennen (Middle Low German)
spenna (Old Norse)
- spenna (Faroese)
- spenna (Icelandic)
- spenna (Norwegian Nynorsk)
spenna (Old Norse)
- spænne (Old Danish)
  - spænde (Danish)
    - spenne (Norwegian Bokmål)
spenna (Old Norse)
- spænna (Old Swedish)
  - spänna (Swedish)

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