Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rafsijan

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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

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Alternative reconstructions

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  • *rafisijan, *rafisōn[1]
  • *rabsijan, *rabsōn

Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *rafsijaną.

Verb

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*rafsijan[2]

  1. to reproach
  2. to blame

Inflection

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Class 1 weak
Infinitive *rafsijan
1st sg. past *rafsidā
Infinitive *rafsijan
Genitive infin. *rafsijannjas
Dative infin. *rafsijannjē
Instrum. infin. *rafsijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *rafsiju *rafsidā
2nd singular *rafsisi *rafsidēs, *rafsidōs
3rd singular *rafsiþi *rafsidē, *rafsidā
1st plural *rafsijum *rafsidum
2nd plural *rafsiþ *rafsidud
3rd plural *rafsijanþ *rafsidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *rafsijē *rafsidī
2nd singular *rafsijēs *rafsidī
3rd singular *rafsijē *rafsidī
1st plural *rafsijēm *rafsidīm
2nd plural *rafsijēþ *rafsidīd
3rd plural *rafsijēn *rafsidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *rafsi
Plural *rafsiþ
Present Past
Participle *rafsijandī *rafsid

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*rafisjanan ~ *rafisjōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 294
  2. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 237:PWGmc *rafsijan