thionon

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þewanōn, from Proto-Germanic *þewanōną.

Verb

thionōn

1. to serve [+dative]

Alternative forms

• dionon

Descendants

• Middle High German: dienen
  • Cimbrian: diinan
  • German: dienen
  • Luxembourgish: déngen
  • Vilamovian: dinn
  • Yiddish: דינען (dinen)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þewanōn, from Proto-Germanic *þewanōną.

Verb

thionon

1. to serve

   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 thionon (weak class 2)

infinitive	thionon
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	thionon	thionoda
2nd person singular	thionos	thionodes
3rd person singular	thionod	thionoda
plural	thioniod	thionodun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	thiono	thionodi
2nd person singular	thionos	thionodis
3rd person singular	thiono	thionodi
plural	thionion	thionodin
imperative	present
singular	thiono
plural	thioniod
participle	present	past
	thionondi	githionod, thionod

Descendants

• Middle Low German: þēnen, dēnen
  • Low German: denen
  • → Old Norse: þéna