Reconstruction:Proto-Norse/ᚹᛖᛊᚨᚾ

This Proto-Norse 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-Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-. Some forms are suppletive and instead derive from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti.

Verb

*ᚹᛖᛊᚨᚾ (*wesan)

  1. to be
    • c. 5th century, Kalleby Runestone
      ᚦᚱᚨᚹᛁᛃᚨᚾ ᛫ ᚺᚨᛁᛏᛁᚾᚨᛉᚹᚨᛊ
      þrawijan · haitinaʀwas
      þrawijā['s stone] · [he] was called
    • c. 5th century, Vetteland stone (N KJ60, NIæR39)
      [ ]ᚠᛚᚨᚷᛞᚨᚠᚨᛁᚲᛁᚾᚨᛉᛁᛊᛏ […]
      [ ]flagdafaikinaʀist […]
      /[ ]flagda-faikinaʀ ist […] /
      [ ]is menaced by fiends. […]

Conjugation

  • (infinitive) — *ᚹᛖᛊᚨᚾ (*wesan)
  • (third-person singular present active indicative) — ᛁᛊᛏ (ist)
  • (first/third-person singular past active indicative) — ᚹᚨᛊ (was)

Descendants

  • Old Norse: vesa, vera

References

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