*þweraną

Runic: ᚦᚹᛖᚱᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈθwe.rɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 4

Meanings

to swirl, turn, stir

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)twérH-e-ti, from *(s)twerH- (‘to stir; to propel’).

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularþwerōþweraų–
2nd singularþwiriziþweraizþwer
3rd singularþwiridiþweraiþweradau
1st dualþwerōzþweraiw–
2nd dualþweradizþweraidizþweradiz
1st pluralþweramazþweraim–
2nd pluralþwiridþweraidþwirid
3rd pluralþwerandiþwerainþwerandau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularþwerai–
2nd singularþwerazaiþweraizau
3rd singularþweradaiþweraidau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralþwerandaiþweraindau
2nd pluralþwerandaiþweraindau
3rd pluralþwerandaiþweraindau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularþwarþwērį̄
2nd singularþwartþwērīz
3rd singularþwarþwērī
1st dualþwērūþwērīw
2nd dualþwērudizþwērīdiz
1st pluralþwērumþwērīm
2nd pluralþwērudþwērīd
3rd pluralþwērunþwērīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
þweraną þwerandz þuranaz

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Descendants

  • *þweran (Proto-West Germanic)
    • þweran (Old English)
  • *þweran (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *dweran, *tweran (Old High German)
      • dweren, dwërn, tweren, twërn, thueran, tuiran, dueran (Middle High German)
        • zweren (Bavarian)
        • zweren (German)
  • *þweran (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *thweran (Old Saxon)
      • dwēren (Middle Low German)
        • dweren (German Low German)
  • *þwera (Old Norse)
    • tvære (Danish)
    • tvære (Norwegian)
    • tvära (Swedish)

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