See weorþan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"source": "conjugation",
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"form": "worden",
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"english": "…but for me wounds of edges become widened through deathblows by days and nights.",
"ref": "10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 5:",
"text": "…ac mē eċġa dolg ēacen weorðað þurh dēaðsleġe dagum and nihtum.",
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"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"Saint Maur, Abbot\"\nHē ārās þā ġesund, swelċe of slǣpe āwreaht, and begann tō wundrienne hū hē wurde þæder ġebrōht.",
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"ipa": "[ˈwe͜orˠ.ðɑn]"
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"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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"Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present"
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},
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"form": "wurdon",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
]
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"singular"
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},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
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},
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"past",
"present",
"singular"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "weorþende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "worden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ġeworden",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past"
]
}
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"english": "…but for me wounds of edges become widened through deathblows by days and nights.",
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"text": "…ac mē eċġa dolg ēacen weorðað þurh dēaðsleġe dagum and nihtum.",
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"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"Saint Maur, Abbot\"\nHē ārās þā ġesund, swelċe of slǣpe āwreaht, and begann tō wundrienne hū hē wurde þæder ġebrōht.",
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},
{
"ipa": "[ˈwe͜orˠ.ðɑn]"
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