Participles
| Present | deorfende |
| Past | (ġe)dorfen |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | deorfe |
| 2nd sing. | dierfst |
| 3rd sing. | dierfþ |
| 1st plur. | deorfaþ |
| 2nd plur. | deorfaþ |
| 3rd plur. | deorfaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | dearf |
| 2nd sing. | durfe |
| 3rd sing. | dearf |
| 1st plur. | durfon |
| 2nd plur. | durfon |
| 3rd plur. | durfon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | deorfe |
| 2nd sing. | deorfe |
| 3rd sing. | deorfe |
| 1st plur. | deorfen |
| 2nd plur. | deorfen |
| 3rd plur. | deorfen |
Past
| 1st sing. | durfe |
| 2nd sing. | durfe |
| 3rd sing. | durfe |
| 1st plur. | durfen |
| 2nd plur. | durfen |
| 3rd plur. | durfen |
Imperative
| Singular | deorf |
| Plural | deorfaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'deorfan'
deorfan,
Verbs similar to 'deorfan'
ceorfan,
beorcan,
beorgan,
beornan,
ceorian,
ceorran,
delfan,
deorcian,
derian,
feorran,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *derban (“to work, perish”).
Verbs referencing "deorfan"
Middle English
derven.
Sample Sentences
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Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
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Ne widcweðe iċ, Drihten, tō deorfenne gȳt, ġif iċ nȳdbehefe eom gȳt ðīnum folce; ne iċ ne belādiġe gȳt mē for ylde: bēo ðīn willa ā, weroda Drihten! (I do not refuse, O Lord, to yet labor, if I am needed by your people; nor will I yet excuse myself on account of my age: let your will be forever, Lord of Hosts!)
Cognates
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