Participles
| Present | orþiende |
| Past | (ġe)orþod |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | orþiġe |
| 2nd sing. | orþast |
| 3rd sing. | orþaþ |
| 1st plur. | orþiaþ |
| 2nd plur. | orþiaþ |
| 3rd plur. | orþiaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | orþode |
| 2nd sing. | orþodest |
| 3rd sing. | orþode |
| 1st plur. | orþodon |
| 2nd plur. | orþodon |
| 3rd plur. | orþodon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | orþiġe |
| 2nd sing. | orþiġe |
| 3rd sing. | orþiġe |
| 1st plur. | orþiġen |
| 2nd plur. | orþiġen |
| 3rd plur. | orþiġen |
Past
| 1st sing. | orþode |
| 2nd sing. | orþode |
| 3rd sing. | orþode |
| 1st plur. | orþoden |
| 2nd plur. | orþoden |
| 3rd plur. | orþoden |
Imperative
| Singular | orþa |
| Plural | orþiaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'orþian'
cnossian,
hwisprian,
hwistlian,
sagian,
sacian,
sadian,
solian,
siwian,
sipian,
yrsian,
myrþrian,
fuglian,
fundian,
fulwian,
fullian,
leornian,
borcian,
borgian,
beorhtian,
wohhian, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'orþian'
forþian,
oþian,
arian,
baþian,
beþian,
borcian,
borgian,
borian,
erian,
eþian,
Etymology
From orþ, oreþ (“breath, breathing”), equivalent to orþ + -ian.
Sample Sentences
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c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
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Nīeten is ǣlċ þing þe orðaþ. (An animal is anything that breathes.)
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Early 11th century, Wulfstan, "Sermon on Baptism"
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Þonne sē sacerd cristnaþ, þonne orðaþ hē on þone mann. (When priests baptize someone, they breathe on the person they're baptizing.)
Cognates
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