*waiþijaną

Runic: ᚹᚨᛁᚦᛁᛃᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈwɑi̯.θi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Weak class 1

Meanings

  1. to hunt, pursue
  2. to graze, feed

Etymology

From *waiþiz, *waiþō, from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (‘to chase, pursue’).

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularwaiþijōwaiþijaų–
2nd singularwaiþīsiwaiþijaiswaiþī
3rd singularwaiþīþiwaiþijaiwaiþijaþau
1st dualwaiþijōswaiþijaiw–
2nd dualwaiþijaþizwaiþijaiþizwaiþijaþiz
1st pluralwaiþijamazwaiþijaim–
2nd pluralwaiþīþwaiþijaiþwaiþīþ
3rd pluralwaiþijanþiwaiþijainwaiþijanþau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularwaiþijai–
2nd singularwaiþijasaiwaiþijaisau
3rd singularwaiþijaþaiwaiþijaiþau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralwaiþijanþaiwaiþijainþau
2nd pluralwaiþijanþaiwaiþijainþau
3rd pluralwaiþijanþaiwaiþijainþau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularwaiþidǭwaiþidēdį̄
2nd singularwaiþidēzwaiþidēdīz
3rd singularwaiþidēwaiþidēdī
1st dualwaiþidēdūwaiþidēdīw
2nd dualwaiþidēdudizwaiþidēdīdiz
1st pluralwaiþidēdumwaiþidēdīm
2nd pluralwaiþidēdudwaiþidēdīd
3rd pluralwaiþidēdunwaiþidēdīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
waiþijaną waiþijandz waiþidaz

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Descendants

  • *waiþijan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wǣþan (Old English)
  • veiða (Old Norse)
    • veiða (Faroese)
    • veiða (Icelandic)
    • veida (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • veiða (Old Norse)
    • wethæ (Old Danish)
      • (obsolete) vejde (Danish)
  • veiða (Old Norse)
    • vēþa, vedha (Old Swedish)
      • (obsolete) veda (Swedish)

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