Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þolēn

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *þulāną.

Verb edit

*þolēn[1]

  1. to bear, to endure

Inflection edit

Class 3 weak
Infinitive *þolēn
1st sg. past *þol?dā
Infinitive *þolēn
Genitive infin. *þolēnijas
Dative infin. *þolēnijē
Instrum. infin. *þolēniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *þolē *þol?dā
2nd singular *þolēs *þol?dēs, *þol?dēs
3rd singular *þolēþ *þol?dē, *þol?dā
1st plural *þolēm *þol?dum
2nd plural *þolēþ *þol?dud
3rd plural *þolēnþ *þol?dun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *þolē *þol?dī
2nd singular *þolēs *þol?dī
3rd singular *þolē *þol?dī
1st plural *þolēm *þol?dīm
2nd plural *þolēþ *þol?dīd
3rd plural *þolēn *þol?dīn
Imperative Present
Singular *þolē
Plural *þolēþ
Present Past
Participle *þolēndī *þol?d

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 162:PWGmc *þolē-