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Old English · verb

asundrian

Normalised āsundrian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ɑːˈsun.dri.ɑn/
Syllables
ɑː · ˈsun · dri · ɑn (4 syllables)
Modern English
severdisjoin

Meaning

  1. to separate

    On ðām ðriddan dæġe ūre drihten ġegaderode ðā sǣlīċan ȳða fram ðǣre eorðan brādnysse. Sēo eorðe wæs æt fruman eall unġesewenlīċ forðām ðe hēo eall wæs mid ȳðum oferðeht, ac God hī āsyndrode fram ðām sǣlīċum ȳðum on hyre āgenne stede.

    On the third day, our Lord gathered the waves of the sea from the surface of the earth. At first the ground was invisible because it was all covered with waves, but God separated it from the waves of the sea into its own place.

    c. 1000, Ælfric of Eynsham, transl., Hexameron of St. Basil:
  2. to disjoin

  3. to sunder, put asunder

  4. to sever

Conjugation

Conjugation of asundrian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular āsundriġeāsundrode
2nd singular āsundrastāsundrodest
3rd singular āsundraþāsundrode
Plural āsundriaþāsundrodon
Subjunctive
Singular āsundriġeāsundrode
Plural āsundriġenāsundroden
Non-finite forms of asundrian
Form
Infinitive āsundrian
Inflected infinitive āsundrienne
Imperative singular āsundra
Imperative plural āsundriaþ
Present participle āsundriende
Past participle āsundrod

All forms (14)

Etymology

Equivalent to ā- + sundrian.

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