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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bindan

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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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Etymology

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    From Proto-Germanic *bindaną.

    Verb

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    *bindan[1]

    1. to bind, to tie

    Inflection

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    Strong class 3
    Infinitive *bindan
    1st sg. past *band
    3rd pl. past *bundun
    Past ptcple *bundan
    Infinitive *bindan
    Genitive infin. *bindannjas
    Dative infin. *bindannjē
    Instrum. infin. *bindannju
    Indicative Present Past
    1st singular *bindu *band
    2nd singular *bindiʀi *bundī
    3rd singular *bindidi *band
    1st plural *bindum *bundum
    2nd plural *bindid *bundud
    3rd plural *bindand *bundun
    Subjunctive Present Past
    1st singular *bindē *bundī
    2nd singular *bindēs *bundī
    3rd singular *bindē *bundī
    1st plural *bindēm *bundīm
    2nd plural *bindēþ *bundīd
    3rd plural *bindēn *bundīn
    Imperative Present
    Singular *bind
    Plural *bindid
    Present Past
    Participle *bindandī *bundan

    Descendants

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    References

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    1. ^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 153:*bindan