vænta 1 (long stem) “expect, hope for”

“suspect, believe; offer as a prospect”

frequent

transitive (gen/acc: differs by sense; dat of person)/impersonal transitive (acc of person, gen/acc of thing)

active voice
present indicative present subjunctive
1sg ek vænti 1pl vér væntum 1sg ek vænta 1pl vér væntim
2sg þú væntir 2pl þér væntið 2sg þú væntir 2pl þér væntið
3sg hon væntir 3pl þau vænta 3sg hon vænti 3pl þau vænti
preterite indicative preterite subjunctive
1sg ek vænta 1pl vér væntum 1sg ek vænta 1pl vér væntim
2sg þú væntir 2pl þér væntuð 2sg þú væntir 2pl þér væntið
3sg hon vænti 3pl þau væntu 3sg hon vænti 3pl þau vænti
preterite infinitive væntu
past participle f. vænt m. væntr n. vænt
imperative 2sg vænt 1pl væntum 2pl væntið
middle voice: væntask
present indicative present subjunctive
1sg ek væntumk 1pl vér væntumk 1sg ek væntumk 1pl vér væntimk
2sg þú væntisk 2pl þér væntizk 2sg þú væntisk 2pl þér væntizk
3sg hon væntisk 3pl þau væntask 3sg hon væntisk 3pl þau væntisk
preterite indicative preterite subjunctive
1sg ek væntumk 1pl vér væntumk 1sg ek væntumk 1pl vér væntimk
2sg þú væntisk 2pl þér væntuzk 2sg þú væntisk 2pl þér væntizk
3sg hon væntisk 3pl þau væntusk 3sg hon væntisk 3pl þau væntisk
past participle n. vænzk
imperative 2sg væntsk 1pl væntumk 2pl væntizk

Derived from ON væna 1, which has the additional sense “accuse” and corresponds to PG *wēnijaną, OE wēnan 1, ME wēnen, MnE ween, Dutch wanen, German wähnen. Variant vætta. Large parts of the present system coincide with their preterite counterparts.

assimilation  ·  cluster reduction

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