verpa III “throw”

“build; cover; lay eggs”

frequent

transitive/impersonal transitive (dat/acc: differs by sense)

active voice
present indicative present subjunctive
1sg ek verp 1pl vér verpum 1sg ek verpa 1pl vér verpim
2sg þú verpr 2pl þér verpið 2sg þú verpir 2pl þér verpið
3sg hon verpr 3pl þau verpa 3sg hon verpi 3pl þau verpi
preterite indicative preterite subjunctive
1sg ek varp 1pl vér urpum 1sg ek yrpa 1pl vér yrpim
2sg þú varpt 2pl þér urpuð 2sg þú yrpir 2pl þér yrpið
3sg hon varp 3pl þau urpu 3sg hon yrpi 3pl þau yrpi
preterite infinitive urpu
past participle f. orpin m. orpinn n. orpit
imperative 2sg verp 1pl verpum 2pl verpið
middle voice: verpask
present indicative present subjunctive
1sg ek verpumk 1pl vér verpumk 1sg ek verpumk 1pl vér verpimk
2sg þú verpsk 2pl þér verpizk 2sg þú verpisk 2pl þér verpizk
3sg hon verpsk 3pl þau verpask 3sg hon verpisk 3pl þau verpisk
preterite indicative preterite subjunctive
1sg ek urpumk 1pl vér urpumk 1sg ek yrpumk 1pl vér yrpimk
2sg þú varpzk 2pl þér urpuzk 2sg þú yrpisk 2pl þér yrpizk
3sg hon varpsk 3pl þau urpusk 3sg hon yrpisk 3pl þau yrpisk
past participle n. orpizk
imperative 2sg verpsk 1pl verpumk 2pl verpizk

PG *werpaną, OE weorpan III, ME werpen, Dutch werpen, German werfen. Participial variant vorpinn.

semivowel loss

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