asundrian
Old English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑːˈsun.dri.ɑn/
Verb
āsundrian
- to separate
- c. 1000, Ælfric of Eynsham (tr.), Hexameron of St. Basil:
- On ðām ðriddan dæġe ūre drihten ġegaderode ðā sǣlīċan ȳða fram ðǣre eorðan brādnysse. Sēo eorðe wæs æt fruman eall unġesewenlīċ forðām ðe hēo eall wæs mid ȳðum oferðeht, ac God hī āsyndrode fram ðām sǣlīċum ȳðum on hyre āgenne stede.
- On the third day, our Lord gathered the waves of the sea from the surface of the earth. At first the ground was invisible because it was all covered with waves, but God separated it from the waves of the sea into its own place.
- c. 1000, Ælfric of Eynsham (tr.), Hexameron of St. Basil:
- to disjoin
- to sunder, put asunder
- to sever
Conjugation
Conjugation of āsundrian (weak, class 2)
infinitive | āsundrian | āsundrienne |
---|---|---|
indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | āsundriġe | āsundrode |
second person singular | āsundrast | āsundrodest |
third person singular | āsundraþ | āsundrode |
plural | āsundriaþ | āsundrodon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | āsundriġe | āsundrode |
plural | āsundriġen | āsundroden |
imperative | ||
singular | āsundra | |
plural | āsundriaþ | |
participle | present | past |
āsundriende | āsundrod |
Related terms
- āsundrodlīċ (“separable”)
- unāsundrodlīċ (“inseparable”)
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĀSUNDRIAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĀSUNDRIAN supplemental input”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.