ferian – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of ferian

Infinitive

ferian
ferienne

Participles

Presentferiende
Past(ġe)fered

Indicative

Present

1st sing.ferie
2nd sing.ferest
3rd sing.fereþ
1st plur.feriaþ
2nd plur.feriaþ
3rd plur.feriaþ

Past

1st sing.ferede
2nd sing.feredest
3rd sing.ferede
1st plur.feredon
2nd plur.feredon
3rd plur.feredon

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.ferie
2nd sing.ferie
3rd sing.ferie
1st plur.ferien
2nd plur.ferien
3rd plur.ferien

Past

1st sing.ferede
2nd sing.ferede
3rd sing.ferede
1st plur.fereden
2nd plur.fereden
3rd plur.fereden

Imperative

Singularfere
Pluralferiaþ

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *farjan, from Proto-Germanic *farjaną. Cognate with Old High German ferien, Old Norse ferja, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (farjan). See: Proto-Germanic '*farjaną'.

Verbs referencing "ferian"

Latin fero, English ferry, Old Saxon ferian, Middle English ferien.

Sample Sentences

  • wlonc bī wealle. · Sume wīġ fornōm,
  • ferede in forðweġe; · sumne fugel ōþbær
  • ofer hēanne holm; · sumne sē hāra wulf
  • dēaðe ġedǣlde, · sumne drēoriġhlēor
  • in eorðsċræfe · eorl ġehȳdde. (proud by the wall. The war took away some men,
  • carried into the forth-way; a bird bore away someone
  • over deep sea; the grey wolf shared someone with death;
  • a sad-faced warrior hid someone in earthen cave.) [10th century, The Wanderer:]

Cognates

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