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
-
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: -
to disjoin
-
to sunder, put asunder
-
to sever
Conjugation
| Present | Past | |
|---|---|---|
| Indicative | ||
| 1st singular | āsundriġe | āsundrode |
| 2nd singular | āsundrast | āsundrodest |
| 3rd singular | āsundraþ | āsundrode |
| Plural | āsundriaþ | āsundrodon |
| Subjunctive | ||
| Singular | āsundriġe | āsundrode |
| Plural | āsundriġen | āsundroden |
| 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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