"werþaną" meaning in Proto-Germanic

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Verb

IPA: /ˈwer.θɑ.nɑ̃/
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *wértti, from *wert- (“to turn”). Etymology templates: {{root|gem-pro|ine-pro|*wert-}}, {{inh|gem-pro|ine-pro|*wértti}} Proto-Indo-European *wértti Inflection templates: {{gem-conj-st|werþ|warþ|wurd|wurd|class=3|nopass=1}} Forms: strong [table-tags], werþō [active, first-person, indicative, singular], werþaų [active, first-person, singular, subjunctive], - [active, first-person, imperative, singular], werþai [first-person, indicative, passive, singular], - [first-person, passive, singular, subjunctive], wirþizi [active, indicative, second-person, singular], werþaiz [active, second-person, singular, subjunctive], werþ [active, imperative, second-person, singular], werþazai [indicative, passive, second-person, singular], werþaizau [passive, second-person, singular, subjunctive], wirþidi [active, indicative, singular, third-person], werþai [active, singular, subjunctive, third-person], werþadau [active, imperative, singular, third-person], werþadai [indicative, passive, singular, third-person], werþaidau [passive, singular, subjunctive, third-person], werþōz [active, dual, first-person, indicative], werþaiw [active, dual, first-person, subjunctive], - [active, dual, first-person, imperative], - [dual, first-person, indicative, passive], - [dual, first-person, passive, subjunctive], werþadiz [active, dual, indicative, second-person], werþaidiz [active, dual, second-person, subjunctive], werþadiz [active, dual, imperative, second-person], - [dual, indicative, passive, second-person], - [dual, passive, second-person, subjunctive], werþamaz [active, first-person, indicative, plural], werþaim [active, first-person, plural, subjunctive], - [active, first-person, imperative, plural], werþandai [first-person, indicative, passive, plural], werþaindau [first-person, passive, plural, subjunctive], wirþid [active, indicative, plural, second-person], werþaid [active, plural, second-person, subjunctive], wirþid [active, imperative, plural, second-person], werþandai [indicative, passive, plural, second-person], werþaindau [passive, plural, second-person, subjunctive], werþandi [active, indicative, plural, third-person], werþain [active, plural, subjunctive, third-person], werþandau [active, imperative, plural, third-person], werþandai [indicative, passive, plural, third-person], werþaindau [passive, plural, subjunctive, third-person], warþ [active, first-person, indicative, singular], wurdį̄ [active, first-person, singular, subjunctive], warst [active, indicative, second-person, singular], wurdīz [active, second-person, singular, subjunctive], warþ [active, indicative, singular, third-person], wurdī [active, singular, subjunctive, third-person], wurdū [active, dual, first-person, indicative], wurdīw [active, dual, first-person, subjunctive], wurdudiz [active, dual, indicative, second-person], wurdīdiz [active, dual, second-person, subjunctive], wurdum [active, first-person, indicative, plural], wurdīm [active, first-person, plural, subjunctive], wurdud [active, indicative, plural, second-person], wurdīd [active, plural, second-person, subjunctive], wurdun [active, indicative, plural, third-person], wurdīn [active, plural, subjunctive, third-person], werþandz [active, participle, present], wurdanaz [active, participle, past, subjunctive]
  1. (transitive) to become Tags: reconstruction, transitive
    Sense id: en-werþaną-gem-pro-verb-rV000xq8
  2. (intransitive) to come to be, to come into existence Tags: intransitive, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-werþaną-gem-pro-verb-EewKDSSd Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 44 22 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 39 33 26 Disambiguation of Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 2 38 34 26
  3. (intransitive) to happen, to come about Tags: intransitive, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-werþaną-gem-pro-verb-MESodu-R Categories (other): Pages with entries, Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 39 33 26 Disambiguation of Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 2 38 34 26
  4. (auxiliary) used to form the passive voice, together with a past participle Tags: auxiliary, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-werþaną-gem-pro-verb-wRpdfB88 Categories (other): Pages with entries, Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 39 33 26 Disambiguation of Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 2 38 34 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: frawerþaną Related terms: wurdiz
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "frawerþaną"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*werþan"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *werþan\nOld English: weorþan, wearþan — Anglian, weorðan — edh spelling, wurþan — Late West Saxon\nMiddle English: werthen\nScots: worth\nEnglish: worth, word (dialectal)\nOld Frisian: wertha\nNorth Frisian:\nMooring: wårde\nFöhr-Amrum: wurd\nSaterland Frisian: wäide\nWest Frisian: wurde\nOld Saxon: werthan\nMiddle Low German: warden\nLow German: warrn\nGerman Low German: werden, worden\nOld Dutch: werthan\nMiddle Dutch: werden\nDutch: worden\nAfrikaans: word\nNegerhollands: word\nPetjo: worden\nLimburgish: waere\nOld High German: werdan, ƿerdan — Manuscript spelling\nMiddle High German: werden\nAlemannic German: wërde\nSwabian: werra\nCentral Franconian: wääde, wääre (Moselle Franconian, but in limited use)\nGerman: werden\nLuxembourgish: wäerten\nPennsylvania German: waerre\nYiddish: ווערן (vern)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *werþan\nOld English: weorþan, wearþan — Anglian, weorðan — edh spelling, wurþan — Late West Saxon\nMiddle English: werthen\nScots: worth\nEnglish: worth, word (dialectal)\nOld Frisian: wertha\nNorth Frisian:\nMooring: wårde\nFöhr-Amrum: wurd\nSaterland Frisian: wäide\nWest Frisian: wurde\nOld Saxon: werthan\nMiddle Low German: warden\nLow German: warrn\nGerman Low German: werden, worden\nOld Dutch: werthan\nMiddle Dutch: werden\nDutch: worden\nAfrikaans: word\nNegerhollands: word\nPetjo: worden\nLimburgish: waere\nOld High German: werdan, ƿerdan — Manuscript spelling\nMiddle High German: werden\nAlemannic German: wërde\nSwabian: werra\nCentral Franconian: wääde, wääre (Moselle Franconian, but in limited use)\nGerman: werden\nLuxembourgish: wäerten\nPennsylvania German: waerre\nYiddish: ווערן (vern)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "verða"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: verða\nIcelandic: verða\nFaroese: verða\nNorwegian Bokmål: vart (past tense of bli, 1938-2005)\nNorwegian Nynorsk: verta, verte\nElfdalian: werda\nOld Swedish: værþa, varþa\nSwedish: varda\nOld Danish: warthæ\nDanish: vorde (archaic)\n→ Norwegian Bokmål: vorde (archaic)\nOld Gutnish: warþa",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: verða\nIcelandic: verða\nFaroese: verða\nNorwegian Bokmål: vart (past tense of bli, 1938-2005)\nNorwegian Nynorsk: verta, verte\nElfdalian: werda\nOld Swedish: værþa, varþa\nSwedish: varda\nOld Danish: warthæ\nDanish: vorde (archaic)\n→ Norwegian Bokmål: vorde (archaic)\nOld Gutnish: warþa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌽"
          },
          "expansion": "Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌽 (wairþan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌽 (wairþan)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wert-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wértti"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wértti",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *wértti, from *wert- (“to turn”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gem-conj-st",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþaų",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "passive",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wirþizi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþaiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþazai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþaizau",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wirþidi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþadau",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþadai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþaidau",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþōz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "indicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþaiw",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "passive",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþadiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "indicative",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþaidiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþadiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "imperative",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "passive",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþamaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþaim",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþandai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþaindau",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wirþid",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþaid",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wirþid",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþandai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþaindau",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþandi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþandau",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþandai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþaindau",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdį̄",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warst",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdīz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdū",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "indicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdīw",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdudiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "indicative",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdīdiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdīm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdud",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdīd",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdīn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþandz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdanaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "werþ",
        "2": "warþ",
        "3": "wurd",
        "4": "wurd",
        "class": "3",
        "nopass": "1"
      },
      "name": "gem-conj-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/werþaną",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "wurdiz"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to become"
      ],
      "id": "en-werþaną-gem-pro-verb-rV000xq8",
      "links": [
        [
          "become",
          "become"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to become"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 44 22 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 39 33 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 38 34 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to come to be, to come into existence"
      ],
      "id": "en-werþaną-gem-pro-verb-EewKDSSd",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to come to be, to come into existence"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 39 33 26",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 38 34 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to happen, to come about"
      ],
      "id": "en-werþaną-gem-pro-verb-MESodu-R",
      "links": [
        [
          "happen",
          "happen"
        ],
        [
          "come about",
          "come about"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to happen, to come about"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 39 33 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 38 34 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to form the passive voice, together with a past participle"
      ],
      "id": "en-werþaną-gem-pro-verb-wRpdfB88",
      "links": [
        [
          "passive voice",
          "passive voice"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary) used to form the passive voice, together with a past participle"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwer.θɑ.nɑ̃/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "werþaną"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Proto-Germanic class 3 strong verbs",
    "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-Germanic lemmas",
    "Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Proto-Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wert-",
    "Proto-Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Proto-Germanic verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "frawerþaną"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*werþan"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *werþan\nOld English: weorþan, wearþan — Anglian, weorðan — edh spelling, wurþan — Late West Saxon\nMiddle English: werthen\nScots: worth\nEnglish: worth, word (dialectal)\nOld Frisian: wertha\nNorth Frisian:\nMooring: wårde\nFöhr-Amrum: wurd\nSaterland Frisian: wäide\nWest Frisian: wurde\nOld Saxon: werthan\nMiddle Low German: warden\nLow German: warrn\nGerman Low German: werden, worden\nOld Dutch: werthan\nMiddle Dutch: werden\nDutch: worden\nAfrikaans: word\nNegerhollands: word\nPetjo: worden\nLimburgish: waere\nOld High German: werdan, ƿerdan — Manuscript spelling\nMiddle High German: werden\nAlemannic German: wërde\nSwabian: werra\nCentral Franconian: wääde, wääre (Moselle Franconian, but in limited use)\nGerman: werden\nLuxembourgish: wäerten\nPennsylvania German: waerre\nYiddish: ווערן (vern)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *werþan\nOld English: weorþan, wearþan — Anglian, weorðan — edh spelling, wurþan — Late West Saxon\nMiddle English: werthen\nScots: worth\nEnglish: worth, word (dialectal)\nOld Frisian: wertha\nNorth Frisian:\nMooring: wårde\nFöhr-Amrum: wurd\nSaterland Frisian: wäide\nWest Frisian: wurde\nOld Saxon: werthan\nMiddle Low German: warden\nLow German: warrn\nGerman Low German: werden, worden\nOld Dutch: werthan\nMiddle Dutch: werden\nDutch: worden\nAfrikaans: word\nNegerhollands: word\nPetjo: worden\nLimburgish: waere\nOld High German: werdan, ƿerdan — Manuscript spelling\nMiddle High German: werden\nAlemannic German: wërde\nSwabian: werra\nCentral Franconian: wääde, wääre (Moselle Franconian, but in limited use)\nGerman: werden\nLuxembourgish: wäerten\nPennsylvania German: waerre\nYiddish: ווערן (vern)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "verða"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: verða\nIcelandic: verða\nFaroese: verða\nNorwegian Bokmål: vart (past tense of bli, 1938-2005)\nNorwegian Nynorsk: verta, verte\nElfdalian: werda\nOld Swedish: værþa, varþa\nSwedish: varda\nOld Danish: warthæ\nDanish: vorde (archaic)\n→ Norwegian Bokmål: vorde (archaic)\nOld Gutnish: warþa",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: verða\nIcelandic: verða\nFaroese: verða\nNorwegian Bokmål: vart (past tense of bli, 1938-2005)\nNorwegian Nynorsk: verta, verte\nElfdalian: werda\nOld Swedish: værþa, varþa\nSwedish: varda\nOld Danish: warthæ\nDanish: vorde (archaic)\n→ Norwegian Bokmål: vorde (archaic)\nOld Gutnish: warþa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌽"
          },
          "expansion": "Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌽 (wairþan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌽 (wairþan)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wert-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wértti"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wértti",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *wértti, from *wert- (“to turn”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gem-conj-st",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþaų",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "passive",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wirþizi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþaiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþazai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþaizau",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wirþidi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþadau",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþadai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþaidau",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþōz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "indicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþaiw",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "passive",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþadiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "indicative",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþaidiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþadiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "imperative",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "passive",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþamaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþaim",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþandai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþaindau",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wirþid",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþaid",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wirþid",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþandai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþaindau",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþandi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþandau",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþandai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþaindau",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdį̄",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warst",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdīz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdū",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "indicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdīw",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdudiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "indicative",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdīdiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dual",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdīm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdud",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdīd",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdīn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werþandz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdanaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "werþ",
        "2": "warþ",
        "3": "wurd",
        "4": "wurd",
        "class": "3",
        "nopass": "1"
      },
      "name": "gem-conj-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/werþaną",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "wurdiz"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Proto-Germanic transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to become"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "become",
          "become"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to become"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Proto-Germanic intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to come to be, to come into existence"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to come to be, to come into existence"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Proto-Germanic intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to happen, to come about"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "happen",
          "happen"
        ],
        [
          "come about",
          "come about"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to happen, to come about"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Proto-Germanic auxiliary verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to form the passive voice, together with a past participle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "passive voice",
          "passive voice"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary) used to form the passive voice, together with a past participle"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwer.θɑ.nɑ̃/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "werþaną"
}

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