*waibijaną

Runic: ᚹᚨᛁᛒᛁᛃᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈwɑi̯.βi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Weak class 1

Meanings

  1. to wind (around), wrap
  2. to move around, to turn
  3. to waver, to go back and forth

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *woypéyeti, causative of *weyp- (‘to shake, swing’).

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularwaibijōwaibijaų–
2nd singularwaibīsiwaibijaiswaibī
3rd singularwaibīþiwaibijaiwaibijaþau
1st dualwaibijōswaibijaiw–
2nd dualwaibijaþizwaibijaiþizwaibijaþiz
1st pluralwaibijamazwaibijaim–
2nd pluralwaibīþwaibijaiþwaibīþ
3rd pluralwaibijanþiwaibijainwaibijanþau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularwaibijai–
2nd singularwaibijasaiwaibijaisau
3rd singularwaibijaþaiwaibijaiþau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralwaibijanþaiwaibijainþau
2nd pluralwaibijanþaiwaibijainþau
3rd pluralwaibijanþaiwaibijainþau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularwaibidǭwaibidēdį̄
2nd singularwaibidēzwaibidēdīz
3rd singularwaibidēwaibidēdī
1st dualwaibidēdūwaibidēdīw
2nd dualwaibidēdudizwaibidēdīdiz
1st pluralwaibidēdumwaibidēdīm
2nd pluralwaibidēdudwaibidēdīd
3rd pluralwaibidēdunwaibidēdīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
waibijaną waibijandz waibidaz

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Descendants

  • *waibijan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *weiven (Old Dutch)
      • weiven (Middle Dutch)
        • wuiven, weifelen (Dutch)
          • wuif, wuiwe (Afrikaans)
  • *waibijan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wǣfan (Old English)
      • wēven (Middle English)
        • weave (English)
  • *waibijan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • weibōn, *weiben (Old High German)
      • weiben (Middle High German)
  • *waibijan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • weibōn, *weiben (Old High German)
      • weibeln (Middle High German)
        • weible (Alemannic German)
        • weibeln (German)
  • veifa (Old Norse)
    • veifa (Icelandic)
    • veive (Norwegian)
  • *𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*waibjan) (Gothic)
    • 𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (biwaibjan) (Gothic)

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