This is a testing page


Old Swedish Nouns

edit

A-stem

Masculine

  • dagher ("day"):
  • fisker ("fish"):
  • aker ("acre", "field"), ra-stem:
  • ængil ("angel"), two-syllable stem:
  • skōr ("shoe"), stem ending with vowel:
  • skōr ("shoe"), stem ending with vowel:

Neuter

  • skip ("ship"):
  • land ("land"):
  • arþer ("ard", "plough"), ra-stem:
  • gul ("gold"), no plural:
  • ("dwelling", "habitat", "estate","nest"), stem ending with vowel:

JA-stem

Masculine

  • væver ("weave", "fabric"). Short stem with -v/-f:
  • hær ("army"). Short stem, stem with -r:
  • bȳr ("village"). Short stem, stem with vowel. Genitive with -iar:
  • lægger ("leg"). Originally short stem in -gja. Later long stem (after sharpening gj → ggj). Genitive with -iar:
  • lǣkir ("physician"). Long stem with -j- preserved after velar consonant:
  • ø̄re (a type of money). Long stem with lost nominative ending in -r:

Neuter

  • skær ("skerry"). Short stem:
  • æg ("egg"). Originally short stem in -gja. Later long stem (after sharpening gj → ggj):
  • minne ("memory"). Long stem:
  • rīke ("realm", "kingdom"). Long stem with -j- preserved after velar consonant:

Ō-stem (feminine)

  • aghn ("husk"):
  • brō ("bridge"):
  • graf ("grave"), stem with -v/-f:
  • āþer ("vein", "muscle", "tendon"), rō-stem:

JŌ-stem (feminine)

  • hæl ("death realm", "hell", "death"), no plural:
  • væg ("wall"), Originally short stem in -gja. Later long stem (after sharpening gj → ggj):
  • hēþ ("heath"), long stem:

I-stem

Masculine

  • gæster ("guest", "stranger"):
  • staþer ("place", "stead", et.c.):

Feminine

  • færþ ("travel", "journey"):

U-stem

Masculine

  • son ("son"):

Neuter

  • ("cattle", "propery"):

Consonant-stem

Masculine

  • fōter ("foot"):
  • maþer ("man"), stem with -n:

Feminine

  • bōk ("book"):
  • mūs ("mouse"), stem with -s:

R-stem

Masculine

  • faþir ("father"):

Feminine

  • mōþir ("mother"):

Old Swedish Pronouns

edit

Indefinite

edit
  • nokor ("someone"):
  • ængin ("no one", "none"):

Demonstrative

edit
  • þæn ("that"):
  • þænni ("this"):

Old Swedish Verbs

edit

Strong verbs

edit
  • skīna ("to shine"). Strong intransitive verb, proto-germanic first class with -n in stem ending.
  • binda ("to bind"). Strong intransitive verb, proto-germanic third class with -d in stem ending.
  • sitia ("to sit"). Strong intransitive verb, proto-germanic fifth class with -j- in present forms.
  • lēia ("to smile"). Strong intransitive verb, proto-germanic sixth class with -j- in present forms and the stem ending with a vowel.
  • ("to receive", "to get"). Strong transitive verb without medio-passive forms, proto-germanic seventh class with stem ending with a vowel.

Weak verbs

edit

First class

  • rø̄ghia ("to accuse"). Weak verb, proto-germanic first class, long stem. Velar consonant: preserved -i- (= /j/) before -o-/-u- or -a- in ending.
  • vælia ("to choose"). Weak verb, proto-germanic first class, short stem. Stem ending in liquid consonant.
  • spȳia ("to spew"). Weak verb, proto-germanic first class, short stem. Stem ending in vowel. Umlaut in all forms.

Second class

  • hæria ("to attack with army"). Weak verb, proto-germanic second class with -ia (= /ja/).
  • ("to reach"), spā ("to foretell", "to divine"). Weak verbs, proto-germanic second class with -ā (= /aː/).

Third class

  • fylghia ("to follow"), sæghia ("to say"). Weak verbs, proto-germanic third class. Umlaut in present forms. Velar consonant: preserved -i- (= /j/) before -o-/-u- or -a- in ending.
  • dugha ("to be strong", "to help"). Weak verb, proto-germanic third class. No umlaut.

Preterite-present verbs

edit

I. vita ("to know"), ǣgha ("to own").

III. kunna ("can", "to be able"), þorva ("to need"), unna ("to bestow", "to wish", "to like")

IV. skula ("shall", "to be obliged")

V. magha ("may", "to be allowed")

Irregular and suppletive verbs

edit
  • ganga/gā ("to walk", "to go"). Partly proto-germanic seventh class (ganga), partly suppletive ().
  • standa/stā ("to stand"). Partly irregular (standa), partly suppletive (stā).
  • vara ("to be"). Copulative verb, suppletive