"unþaswarjan" meaning in Proto-West Germanic

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Verb

Etymology: From *unþa- (“away”) + *swarjan (“to swear”). Etymology templates: {{af|gmw-pro|*unþa-|*swarjan|t1=away|t2=to swear}} *unþa- (“away”) + *swarjan (“to swear”) Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|verb}} *unþaswarjan Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-verb-st|class=6|str_jpres=1}} Forms: strong [table-tags], unþaswarjan [infinitive], unþaswarjannjas [genitive, infinitive], unþaswarjannjē [dative, infinitive], unþaswarjannju [infinitive, instrumental], unþaswarju [first-person, present, singular], unþaswōr [first-person, past, singular], unþaswariʀi [present, second-person, singular], unþaswōrī [past, second-person, singular], unþaswaridi [present, singular, third-person], unþaswōr [past, singular, third-person], unþaswarjum [first-person, plural, present], unþaswōrum [first-person, past, plural], unþaswarid [plural, present, second-person], unþaswōrud [past, plural, second-person], unþaswarjand [plural, present, third-person], unþaswōrun [past, plural, third-person], unþaswarjē [first-person, present, singular], unþaswōrī [first-person, past, singular], unþaswarjēs [present, second-person, singular], unþaswarjē [present, singular, third-person], unþaswōrī [past, singular, third-person], unþaswarjēm [first-person, plural, present], unþaswōrīm [first-person, past, plural], unþaswarjēþ [plural, present, second-person], unþaswōrīd [past, plural, second-person], unþaswarjēn [plural, present, third-person], unþaswōrīn [past, plural, third-person], unþaswari [present, singular], unþaswarid [plural, present], unþaswarjandī [participle, present], unþaswaran [participle, past]
  1. to recant, abjure Tags: reconstruction
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      "form": "unþaswaridi",
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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      "form": "unþaswarjand",
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      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "unþaswōrun",
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        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "unþaswarjē",
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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      "form": "unþaswarjēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
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      "form": "unþaswōrīm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswarjēþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswōrīd",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswarjēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswōrīn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswari",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswarid",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswarjandī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswaran",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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        "class": "6",
        "str_jpres": "1"
      },
      "name": "gmw-infl-verb-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/unþaswarjan",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "kind": "other",
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        "to recant, abjure"
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          "recant",
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          "abjure",
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        "reconstruction"
      ]
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}
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  "descendants": [
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      "text": "Old English: ōþswerian"
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        }
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: entswēren, untswēren"
    },
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            "1": "odt",
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Old Dutch: *antswerien, *antsweren"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: ontswēren",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: ontswēren"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: intswerien, intswerren, inswerien",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: intswerien, intswerren, inswerien"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "entsweren",
            "3": "entswern"
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          "expansion": "Middle High German: entsweren, entswern",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: entsweren, entswern"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
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            "1": "de",
            "2": "entschwören"
          },
          "expansion": "German: entschwören",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "archaic"
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          "name": "q"
        }
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    }
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      "name": "af"
    }
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        "infinitive"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswarjannju",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "unþaswarju",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswōr",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswariʀi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswōrī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswaridi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswōr",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswarjum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswōrum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswarid",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswōrud",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswarjand",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswōrun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswarjē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswōrī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswarjēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswarjē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswōrī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswarjēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswōrīm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswarjēþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswōrīd",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswarjēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswōrīn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswari",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswarid",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswarjandī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unþaswaran",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "verb"
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      "expansion": "*unþaswarjan",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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        "class": "6",
        "str_jpres": "1"
      },
      "name": "gmw-infl-verb-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/unþaswarjan",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-West Germanic class 6 strong j-present verbs",
        "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms prefixed with *unþa-",
        "Proto-West Germanic verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to recant, abjure"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "recant",
          "recant"
        ],
        [
          "abjure",
          "abjure"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "unþaswarjan"
}

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