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Old English · verb

deorfan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class III
IPA
/ˈde͜or.fɑn/
[ˈde͜orˠ.vɑn]
Syllables
ˈde͜or · fɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
derveperil

Meaning

  1. to labor

    Ne widcweðe iċ, Drihten, tō deorfenne gȳt, ġif iċ nȳdbehefe eom gȳt ðīnum folce; ne iċ ne belādiġe gȳt mē for ylde: bēo ðīn willa ā, weroda Drihten!

    I do not refuse, O Lord, to yet labor, if I am needed by your people; nor will I yet excuse myself on account of my age: let your will be forever, Lord of Hosts!

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

  2. to be in peril, perish

Conjugation

Conjugation of deorfan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular deorfedearf
2nd singular dierfstdurfe
3rd singular dierfþdearf
Plural deorfaþdurfon
Subjunctive
Singular deorfedurfe
Plural deorfendurfen
Non-finite forms of deorfan
Form
Infinitive deorfan
Inflected infinitive deorfenne
Imperative singular deorf
Imperative plural deorfaþ
Present participle deorfende
Past participle dorfenġedorfen

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *derban (“to work, perish”).

Descendants

derve

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