berwen
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English beorgan; equivalent to berg + -en (infinitival suffix). Cognate with Dutch bergen (“to store, save, rescue”), German bergen (“to salvage, recover, hise, rescue, save”), Icelandic bjarga (“to save”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
berwen
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of berwen (strong class 3)
infinitive | (to) berwen, berwe | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | berwe | bargh | |
2nd-person singular | berwest | borwe, bargh | |
3rd-person singular | berweth | bargh | |
subjunctive singular | berwe | borwe1 | |
imperative singular | — | ||
plural2 | berwen, berwe | borwen, borwe | |
imperative plural | berweth, berwe | — | |
participles | berwynge, berwende | borwen, borwe, yborwen, yborwe |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
References edit
- “berwen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.