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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bifallan

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *bi- + *fallan.

Verb

*bifallan[1]

  1. to fall to, to befall

Inflection

Strong class 7c
Infinitive *bifallan
1st sg. past *bifeall
3rd pl. past *bifeallun
Past ptcple *bifallan
Infinitive *bifallan
Genitive infin. *bifallannjas
Dative infin. *bifallannjē
Instrum. infin. *bifallannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *bifallu *bifeall
2nd singular *bifalliʀi *bifeallī
3rd singular *bifallidi *bifeall
1st plural *bifallum *bifeallum
2nd plural *bifallid *bifeallud
3rd plural *bifalland *bifeallun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *bifallē *bifeallī
2nd singular *bifallēs *bifeallī
3rd singular *bifallē *bifeallī
1st plural *bifallēm *bifeallīm
2nd plural *bifallēþ *bifeallīd
3rd plural *bifallēn *bifeallīn
Imperative Present
Singular *bifall
Plural *bifallid
Present Past
Participle *bifallandī *bifallan

Descendants

References

  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 244:PWGmc *bifallidi ‘(s)he falls’
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