Active Voice
Indicative Present
| 1st sing. | werþō |
| 2nd sing. | wirþizi |
| 3rd sing. | wirþidi |
| 1st dual | werþōz |
| 2nd dual | werþadiz |
| 1st plur. | werþamaz |
| 2nd plur. | wirþid |
| 3rd plur. | werþandi |
Indicative Past
| 1st sing. | warþ |
| 2nd sing. | warst |
| 3rd sing. | warþ |
| 1st dual | wurdū |
| 2nd dual | wurdudiz |
| 1st plur. | wurdum |
| 2nd plur. | wurdud |
| 3rd plur. | wurdun |
Subjunctive Present
| 1st sing. | werþaų |
| 2nd sing. | werþaiz |
| 3rd sing. | werþai |
| 1st dual | werþaiw |
| 2nd dual | werþaidiz |
| 1st plur. | werþaim |
| 2nd plur. | werþaid |
| 3rd plur. | werþain |
Subjunctive Past
| 1st sing. | wurdį̄ |
| 2nd sing. | wurdīz |
| 3rd sing. | wurdī |
| 1st dual | wurdīw |
| 2nd dual | wurdīdiz |
| 1st plur. | wurdīm |
| 2nd plur. | wurdīd |
| 3rd plur. | wurdīn |
Imperative
| 2nd sing. | werþ |
| 3rd sing. | werþadau |
| 2nd dual | werþadiz |
| 2nd plur. | wirþid |
| 3rd plur. | werþandau |
Passive Voice
Indicative
| 1st sing. | werþai |
| 2nd sing. | werþazai |
| 3rd sing. | werþadai |
| 1st plur. | werþandai |
| 2nd plur. | werþandai |
| 3rd plur. | werþandai |
Subjunctive
| 2nd sing. | werþaizau |
| 3rd sing. | werþaidau |
| 1st plur. | werþaindau |
| 2nd plur. | werþaindau |
| 3rd plur. | werþaindau |
Participles
| Present | werþandz |
| Past | wurdanaz |
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wért-e-ti (“to turn”), with semantic shift "to turn" > "to become (turn into)". Typologically compare descendants of Latin tornō and *virō (see Italian viràre).
Verbs referencing "werþaną"
Afrikaans
word, Dutch
worden, Latin
verto, English
worth, German, old spelling
werden, Middle Dutch
werden, Middle High German
werden, Faroese
verða, Icelandic
verða, Old English
weorþan, Swedish
varda, Danish
vorde, Norwegian
vorde, Old Saxon
werthan, Low Saxon warrn, Proto-Slavic
vьrtěti, Elfdalian
werda, Old High German werdan, Alemannic German
wërde, Old English
wierdan, Frisian, Northern wårde.
Cognates
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