Participles
| Present | eardiende |
| Past | (ġe)eardod |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | eardiġe |
| 2nd sing. | eardast |
| 3rd sing. | eardaþ |
| 1st plur. | eardiaþ |
| 2nd plur. | eardiaþ |
| 3rd plur. | eardiaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | eardode |
| 2nd sing. | eardodest |
| 3rd sing. | eardode |
| 1st plur. | eardodon |
| 2nd plur. | eardodon |
| 3rd plur. | eardodon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | eardiġe |
| 2nd sing. | eardiġe |
| 3rd sing. | eardiġe |
| 1st plur. | eardiġen |
| 2nd plur. | eardiġen |
| 3rd plur. | eardiġen |
Past
| 1st sing. | eardode |
| 2nd sing. | eardode |
| 3rd sing. | eardode |
| 1st plur. | eardoden |
| 2nd plur. | eardoden |
| 3rd plur. | eardoden |
Imperative
| Singular | earda |
| Plural | eardiaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'eardian'
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 'eardian'
ealdian,
earmian,
earnian,
heardian,
weardian,
aheardian,
andian,
arian,
badian,
barian,
Etymology
From eard + -ian.
Sample Sentences
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Hwæt ðā God ġeworhte ðurh his wunderlīċan mihte eall nȳtencynn on heora cynrynum, and ðā wildan dēor ðe on wudum eardiað, and eall ðæt fīðerfōte byð of ðǣre foresǣdan eorðan, and eall wyrmcynn ðā ðe crēopende bēoð, and ðā rēðan lēon, ðe hēr on lande ne bēoð, and ðā swiftan tigres, and ðā syllican pardes, and ðā eġeslīċan beran, and ðā ormǣtan ylpas. (Then, through his wonderful might, God created all the kinds of animals according to their kinds, and the wild animals that dwell in the woods, and all the four-footed creatures of the aforementioned earth, and all the kinds of creeping reptiles, and the savage lions, which do not live here, and the swift tigers, and the marvelous leopards, and the fearful bears, and the huge elephants.) [c. 1000, Ælfric of Eynsham, transl., Hexameron of St. Basil:]
Cognates
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