nerian – Old Saxon verb conjugation

Old Saxon verb forms of nerian

Infinitive

nerian

Participles

Presentneriandi
Pastginerid; nerid

Indicative

Present

1st sing.neriu
2nd sing.neris
3rd sing.nerid
1st plur.neriad
2nd plur.neriad
3rd plur.neriad

Past

1st sing.nerida
2nd sing.nerides
3rd sing.nerida
1st plur.neridun
2nd plur.neridun
3rd plur.neridun

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.nerie
2nd sing.neries
3rd sing.nerie
1st plur.nerien
2nd plur.nerien
3rd plur.nerien

Past

1st sing.neridi
2nd sing.neridis
3rd sing.neridi
1st plur.neridin
2nd plur.neridin
3rd plur.neridin

Imperative

Singularneri
Pluralneriad

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *naʀjan. Cognate with Old English nerian, modern Dutch (ge)neren. See: Old English 'nerian'.

Verbs referencing "nerian"

Swedish nära, Old English nerian, Icelandic næra, Danish nære, Norwegian nære, Norwegian, nynorsk nære.

Sample Sentences

  • […] quað that he thar quâmi · endi that kind uueldi
  • nerean af theru nôdi. ([…] said that he would come there and wished to save that child from his need.) [c. 830, anonymous author, Heliand:]

Cognates

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