*werþaną

Runic: ᚹᛖᚱᚦᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈwer.θɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 3

Meanings

From Proto-Indo-European *wért-e-ti (‘to turn’), with semantic shift "to turn" > "to become (turn into)".

Used to form the passive voice, together with a past participle.

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	werþō	werþaų	–
2nd singular	wirþizi	werþaiz	werþ
3rd singular	wirþidi	werþai	werþadau
1st dual	werþōz	werþaiw	–
2nd dual	werþadiz	werþaidiz	werþadiz
1st plural	werþamaz	werþaim	–
2nd plural	wirþid	werþaid	wirþid
3rd plural	werþandi	werþain	werþandau

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
werþaną	werþandz	wurdanaz

*werþan (Proto-West Germanic)
- werthan (Old Dutch)
  - werden (Middle Dutch)
    - waere (Limburgish)
*werþan (Proto-West Germanic)
- werthan (Old Dutch)
  - werden (Middle Dutch)
    - worden (Dutch)
      - word (Afrikaans)
      - word (Negerhollands)
      - worden (Petjo)
*werþan (Proto-West Germanic)
- weorþan, *wearþan, weorðan, worða, wurþan (Old English)
  - werthen (Middle English)
    - worth, word (English)
    - worth (Scots)
*werþan (Proto-West Germanic)
- wertha (Old Frisian)
  - ? (North Frisian)
  - wäide (Saterland Frisian)
  - wurde (West Frisian)
*werþan (Proto-West Germanic)
- werdan, ƿerdan (Old High German)
  - werden (Middle High German)
    - wërde (Alemannic German)
    - wääde, wääre (Central Franconian)
    - werden (German)
    - wäerten (Luxembourgish)
    - waerre (Pennsylvania German)
    - ווערן (vern) (Yiddish)
*werþan (Proto-West Germanic)
- werthan (Old Saxon)
  - warden (Middle Low German)
    - werden, worden, warden, warrn, worrn (Low German)
verða (Old Norse)
- werda (Elfdalian)
- verða (Faroese)
- verða (Icelandic)
- vart (Norwegian Bokmål)
- verta, verte (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- warþa (Old Gutnish)
verða (Old Norse)
- warthæ (Old Danish)
  - vorde (Danish)
    - vorde (Norwegian Bokmål)
verða (Old Norse)
- værþa, varþa (Old Swedish)
  - varda (Swedish)
𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌽 (wairþan) (Gothic)