wirkian

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wirkijan.

Verb

wirkian

1. to work

   huand hie simblon gerno gode theonoda uuarahta after is uuilleon

   because he always served God willingly, worked after his will (Heliand, verse 77)

Conjugation

Conjugation of wirkian (weak class 1)

infinitive	wirkian
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	wirkiu	warhta
2nd person singular	wirkis	warhtes
3rd person singular	wirkid	warhta
plural	wirkiad	warhtun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	wirkie	warhti
2nd person singular	wirkies	warhtis
3rd person singular	wirkie	warhti
plural	wirkien	warhtin
imperative	present
singular	wirki
plural	wirkiad
participle	present	past
	wirkiandi	giwarht, warht

Descendants

• Middle Low German: wirken, werken, warken, gewracht, geworcht, wracht, wrachten
  • Low German: warken, wracht, wrachten