Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hrespan

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 Proto-Germanic *hrespaną.

Verb

*hrespan[1]

  1. to tear, to rip

Inflection

Strong class 3
Infinitive *hrespan
1st sg. past *hrasp
3rd pl. past *hruspun
Past ptcple *hrospan
Infinitive *hrespan
Genitive infin. *hrespannjas
Dative infin. *hrespannjē
Instrum. infin. *hrespannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *hrespu *hrasp
2nd singular *hrispiʀi *hruspī
3rd singular *hrispidi *hrasp
1st plural *hrespum *hruspum
2nd plural *hrispid *hruspud
3rd plural *hrespand *hruspun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *hrespē *hruspī
2nd singular *hrespēs *hruspī
3rd singular *hrespē *hruspī
1st plural *hrespēm *hruspīm
2nd plural *hrespēþ *hruspīd
3rd plural *hrespēn *hruspīn
Imperative Present
Singular *hrisp
Plural *hrispid
Present Past
Participle *hrespandī *hrospan

Descendants

  • ⇒ Old English: ġehrespan
  • Old Frisian: hrespa
  • Old High German: hrespan, respan

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 126: “*hrespan”
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