werdan

== Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwer.dɑn/, [ˈwerˠ.dɑn] === Verb === werdan alternative form of wierdan (“to injure”) == Old High German == === Alternative forms === ƿerdan — Manuscript spelling === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *werþan, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną (“turn, become”), from Proto-Indo-European *wert-. === Verb === wërdan to be to become to happen ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: werdenAlemannic German: wërdeSwabian: werraCentral Franconian: wääde, wääre (Moselle Franconian, but in limited use)German: werdenLuxembourgish: wäertenPennsylvania German: waerreYiddish: ווערן (vern) === Further reading === Wright, Joseph (1906), An Old High German Primer‎[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press