*þrēaną

Runic: ᚦᚱᛖᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈθrɛː.ɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 7d

Meanings

to twist, to turn

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tréh₁-e-ti, from *treh₁-, *terh₁- (‘to rub, turn, pierce’).

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	þrēō	þrēaų	–
2nd singular	þrēizi	þrēaiz	þrē
3rd singular	þrēidi	þrēai	þrēadau
1st dual	þrēōz	þrēaiw	–
2nd dual	þrēadiz	þrēaidiz	þrēadiz
1st plural	þrēamaz	þrēaim	–
2nd plural	þrēid	þrēaid	þrēid
3rd plural	þrēandi	þrēain	þrēandau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	þrēai	–
2nd singular	þrēazai	þrēaizau
3rd singular	þrēadai	þrēaidau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	þrēandai	þrēaindau
2nd plural	þrēandai	þrēaindau
3rd plural	þrēandai	þrēaindau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	þeþrō	þeþrōį̄
2nd singular	þeþrōt	þeþrōīz
3rd singular	þeþrō	þeþrōī
1st dual	þeþrōū	þeþrōīw
2nd dual	þeþrōudiz	þeþrōīdiz
1st plural	þeþrōum	þeþrōīm
2nd plural	þeþrōud	þeþrōīd
3rd plural	þeþrōun	þeþrōīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
þrēaną	þrēandz	þrēanaz

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Descendants

*þrāan (Proto-West Germanic)
- thrāien (Old Dutch)
  - drâyen (Middle Dutch)
    - drejje, dreie (Limburgish)
*þrāan (Proto-West Germanic)
- thrāien (Old Dutch)
  - drâyen (Middle Dutch)
    - draaien (Dutch)
      - draai (Afrikaans)
      - daai (Aukan)
      - drai (Berbice Creole Dutch)
      - daai, drai (Kwinti)
      - draai, draej (Negerhollands)
      - drei, drai (Papiamentu)
      - draaien (Petjo)
      - draaie (West Frisian)
*þrāan (Proto-West Germanic)
- thrāien (Old Dutch)
  - drâyen (Middle Dutch)
    - draaien (Dutch)
      - drai (Sranan Tongo)
        
        drái-drái kare (Caribbean Hindustani)
        
        drai (Caribbean Javanese)
*þrāan (Proto-West Germanic)
- þrāwan (Old English)
  - throwen, thrawen, thorwen (Middle English)
    - thraw (Scots)
    - drowe, draugh (Yola)
*þrāan (Proto-West Germanic)
- þrāwan (Old English)
  - throwen, thrawen, thorwen (Middle English)
    - throw (English)
      - thraa (Northumbrian)
*þrāan (Proto-West Germanic)
- thrāia (Old Frisian)
  - trä, tre, treie (North Frisian)
*þrāan (Proto-West Germanic)
- drāen (Old High German)
  - dræjen, dræn (Middle High German)
    - drehen (German)
    - דרייען (dreyen) (Yiddish)
*þrāan (Proto-West Germanic)
- drāen (Old High German)
  - dræjen, dræn (Middle High German)
    - drahn (Bavarian)
      - dréenan (Cimbrian)
*þrāan (Proto-West Germanic)
- drāen (Old High German)
  - dræjen, dræn (Middle High German)
    - driehe, drähe, drähne (Central Franconian)
      - drehe (Hunsrik)
      - dréien, dréinen (Luxembourgish)
*þrāan (Proto-West Germanic)
- thrāian (Old Saxon)
  - dreien, dreyen, drêgen, dreigen (Middle Low German)
    - dreje (Danish)
    - draien, dreien, dreihen (Low German)
    - drei, drai, draie (North Frisian)
    - dreie (Norwegian Bokmål)
    - dreie (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    - dreja (Swedish)

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